Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance

Fighting for standards of safety practice and injury protocol while supporting the freedom of football choice!

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

Agreed, and youth coaches should listen up too. The future of neighborhood football is in the balance. Engagement with your student athletes that need it the most is more important than ever!

[MHSFCA @MHSFCA4]

Opting not to allow out of season coaching is a mistake. The privileged will seek private options and others will have nothing. Regardless of the sport, kids need contact with their coaches for emotional health!! This is not equitable or wise

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

@Youth_Football @Mbaldwin85 @saveyouthfbca @USAFootball @cayfalliance @AYF @SaveYFNY @savefootballMA @NYYFAlliance @Pop_Warner https://t.co/38cYhbQvpK

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[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

@Youth_Football @Mbaldwin85 @saveyouthfbca @USAFootball @cayfalliance @AYF @SaveYFNY @savefootballMA @NYYFAlliance @Pop_Warner We are really asking... Because with the development of Jr High football to increase numbers on JV squads.. our youth leaders are curious.

This image leads us to believe the model is designed as we said above, but would like clarity for our leagues and legislature!

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

@saveyouthfbca @Youth_Football @USAFootball @cayfalliance @AYF @SaveYFNY @savefootballMA @NYYFAlliance @Pop_Warner Aren't PW and USA basically one j. The same now?

https://t.co/eWbyd3Bwau

And does the age follow this direction?

Flag through 7 - Tacklebar 8,9 - rookie tackle - 10,11 - and then tackle???

We still don't see a line drawn on many of the marketing materials.

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

We are pretty impressed with our social media director's rhyming skills.

10 retweets and he'll rap it for us! @savefootballMA @SaveYFNY @USAFootball @cayfalliance @AYF @Pop_Warner @NewEnglandAYF @PopWarner_NE @SaveYouthFB @saveyouthfbca @NFLLegends @SBNation

[Mike @ThatDudeMikeB]

The state wants to ban
I say let them play
What right do they have
To take football away

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

"We just don't believe in banning youth sports" - @SFamiano @cayfalliance

Couldn't have said it better!

[California Youth Football Alliance @cayfalliance]

Steve Famiano, a co-founder of the California Youth Football Alliance who lives in Apple Valley and has served in youth football for 18 years, said of the court decision, “This is big.” @saveyouthfbca @massyfa2 @NYYFAlliance @SaveYFNY @savefootballMA
https://t.co/nSZkUDtFdk

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

All communities deal with adversity. It is the collective youth tackle football volunteer community that will ultimately condemn these thoughts, words, and actions. There is no place for this within our or any walk of life. (3 of 3)

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

We are aware of the accusations made towards coaches and administrators today within the Framingham Youth Football program. The situation has been turned over to the proper authorities and is currently being investigated. (continued 1 of 3)

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

We do not condone nor endorse the alleged behavior of the individuals in Framingham. (continued 2 of 3)

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

Just one of the reasons in @MassGov for tackle football! We are better together reversing the stigma our sport has been dished out by the CLF-Nowinski marketing machine. #saveyouthtackle #goodfootballparents

@AYF @Pop_Warner @USAFootball @cayfalliance @MHSFCA4

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

Couldn't have painted a better picture!

Thanks, @SaveYouthFB

@cayfalliance @AYF @Pop_Warner
@USAFootball @NFHS_Org

https://t.co/RbUaDV9X5U

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

Scientists employed by the Mayo Clinic and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published by the Journal of the American Medical Association paint a picture of positive health outcomes for football players.

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

An ad by a nonprofit run by a former professional wrestler depicts signing up your son for youth football as the health equivalent of dispensing cigarettes to him.

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

Thanks @USAFootballHC and @PWLS for your appearance on Tuesday! Thanks also to @cayfalliance and @forensicpathdoc for supporting testimony.
@AYF and @MHSFCA4 for your continued support along the way. Full testimony is available here to view:

https://t.co/DkOZHnrUA6

[USA Football @USAFootball]

Our CEO Scott Hallenbeck, joined by representatives from @Pop_Warner and @MassYFA2, testified in Boston today to to oppose Bill H2007 which aims to ban youth tackle football in the Bay State.

Read Scott’s full testimony: https://t.co/Ks9VK44ja6

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

Was there a control group for those 7 players? Average age 51, assuming the 7 players graduated HS in 1984. How many of the nearly 1,000,000 other players were included?

@MassGovernor @MassLtGov @MassGov stop the madness #defeath2007
@USAFootball @AYF @Pop_Warner @cayfalliance

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

This is marketing material, not testimony.

If they play how long? 97% played after HS (204 out of 211).

How many of the remaining 3% (7) played youth, did they play in today's era with the changes, since second impact syndrome, and we now sit out players with concussions?

[Concussion & CTE Foundation @ConcussionCTEfn]

“The risk with football is if you start at 5, you have 10x the risk of developing CTE as someone who started at age 14.”

Tuesday, @ChrisNowinski1, Ph.D., testified on a panel in support of a Mass. bill that would ban tackle football before 8th grade:

https://t.co/urFo72Cw6R

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

Thank you Dr. Zayas for standing up against the marketing campaigns put out against youth tackle football!

We are stronger with you on our side working all together to #saveyouthfootball @USAFootball @AYF @Pop_Warner @cayfalliance @NFHS_Org @NFLLegends

[Dr. Robert Zayas @RobertZayasNY]

I will provide testimony next wk in NYC opposing legislation to ban tackle football for children under the age of 12. We are making great strides to minimize risk in football at all levels. All sports have an inherent risk; focusing on football is not fair @USAFootball @NYSPHSAA

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

We mentioned this in our oral testimony today. 11,000 kids, 14 years, and No increased risk for cognitive impairment!

@MassGov stop the madness and kill h2007

[SAVE YOUTH 🏈 - California @saveyouthfbca]

Put this headline in the “Headline Hall of Fame”.

Study: Youth Football Safer Than We Thought

⁦@cayfalliance⁩ ⁦@AYF⁩ ⁦@massyfa2⁩ ⁦@Youth_Football⁩ @youthfootball ⁦@savefootballMA⁩ ⁦@HSFBamerica⁩ https://t.co/e7oDNP9gqX

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

Thank you @USAFootballHC for defending tackle football here in our Commonwealth.

We are stronger together!

[USA Football @USAFootball]

Scott Hallenbeck, USA Football CEO, speaking in opposition at today's Massachusetts hearing to ban youth tackle football:

[Massachusetts Youth Football Alliance @massyfa2]

All of football in this together. Testifying alongside @USAFootball @USAFootballHC @Pop_Warner @PWLS with the support of @AYF @cayfalliance @JimIrsay @NFLLegends @AndreTippett @Patriots to defeat of h2007 and reversing the stigma of youth tackle football and it's volunteers!

[Scott Hallenbeck @USAFootballHC]

Just landed in Boston! Ready to attend the hearing for H.2007 in the Massachusetts Statehouse and defend tackle football!