Youth football can be a violent game, but never should it be this violent.
According to a tweet by political consultant Frank Luntz and a Facebook post by the Norvelt Colts, a Penn. youth football league has called it a season after it experienced "continued threats against League officials, coaches and referees." In fact, the threats became so real that at one point "ammunition shells were placed at the field gate with names of League officers printed with permanent marker."
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This is obviously appalling behavior, especially considering the impact it has on the lives of the kids involved. Parents with kids in youth football should be worrying about keeping their children's brains and bodies safe, not ducking hollows from other angry adults.
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