Bill seeks mandatory helmets for youth soccer players
Rehab Regs, December 16, 2005
A new legislative proposal in Massachusetts seeks mandatory helmets for youth soccer players, according to the Boston Globe.
The measure, which is in front of the state's Joint Committee on Public Health, would require all soccer organizations in the state, from youth leagues to college, to require helmets during games.
Originally, the measure started out as a ban on heading the ball, which some experts believe can cause long-term neurological damage, but changing the rules of the game may be too drastic.
Physicians say helmets would also protect against players colliding heads with opponents or goal posts and causing trauma.
A 1992 Norwegian study found that 35% of active soccer players in the country had abnormal brain scans and that a third of retired professional soccer players had brain atrophy.
The Massachusetts bill, which would be the first of its kind in the U.S., also calls for a legislative commission that would study all sports injuries.
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