A BILL BANNING TACKLE FOOTBALL FOR KIDS UNDER 12 IS ADVANCING IN THE ILLINOIS HOUSE.
A HOUSE COMMITTEE OKAYED THE MEASURE…MEANT TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM BRAIN INJURIES. LISA DIMUCCI OF BARRINGTON HILLS TESTIFIED IN FAVOR OF THE LEGISLATION, DETAILING THE EFFECTS THAT YEARS OF YOUTH, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL HAD ON HER HUSBAND, SAL.
DOCTOR CHRIS NOWINSKI, C-E-O OF THE CONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION, WAS ASKED ABOUT THE REASON AGE 12 WAS CHOSEN.
SAL DIED IN A DRUNK DRIVING INCIDENT AND THE AUTOPSY SHOWED HE HAD STAGE ONE C-T-E…A DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISEASE CAUSED BY REPETITIVE HEAD TRAUMA. THE BILL WILL NOW BE DEBATED ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.
