How Bad is the No Header Rule?

Dargle said:
Is that quoted somewhere? It might make sense for a league to adopt that as a bright-line rule to distinguish between short-sided and full field games, but the concussion settlement with USSF was written so that ages 11-14 would be permitted to head the ball in games (but not practices). Next year, all players would be 11 in the 2006 age group (except those playing up, but that was true this year in the 2005 age group and they used the heading rule for the regular age group (11 year-olds) regardless of a kid's actual age). Of course, a league could adopt a rule that was stricter than that agreed to in the settlement, but I just haven't seen anyone state that yet.
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Allowing heading in games but not in practices is just asking for injury.
 
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