Football Legend Brett Favre Says Kids Shouldn’t Play Tackle Football Until They’re 14

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Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre looks on as he is inducted into the Ring of Honor during a halftime ceremony during the game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys on Oct. 16, 2016.

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CTE can only be diagnosed post-mortem. And the evidence of it was found in the brains of a number of players.

In the public service announcement for the Concussion Legacy Foundation, Favre lays out the symptoms.

«I could be fighting depression, struggling to keep my thoughts straight. I could become violent, even towards my own children,» he says.

«When I’m your age, what will matter to me is not my youth football career but that, like you, I’m a great parent and that I can provide for my family.»

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