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DaneMcloud...totally agree. Few sports require such clarity of thinking in the moment, and few highlight the lack of clear thinking than football.
Having run a pop warner program for 5 years, been a Pop Warner regional board member in one of the most successful regions in the country and having had two kids go through pop warner until high school, I don't see the benefit of this rule. You really don't see high velocity impacts until about the midget level (just pre-high school). Below that there is rarely a high velocity hit, and instead you see a lot of players just learning how to play the game and bumping into each other. The greater danger by far is the high school freshman who never played football going up against some fast, technically skilled player. Until they learn how to use their pads they are really vulnerable. Bunch of legislators who have no experience in the game time to regulate it...bad combo.
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