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Article: Youth football issues discussed at summit.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2007
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Byline: Caryn Grant
Apr. 11--Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks tackled issues such as youth football's age and weight guidelines at the Howard County Youth Football Summit on Monday night. The summit, an open discussion on improving youth football in the area and nationally, was the first of a series of five meetings to be held around the country by USA Football and the National Recreation and Park Association. The 42 participants -- coaches, administrators, parents and players -- agreed on many issues, including that fan behavior at Howard Count games is good, but they were split on age and weight guidelines. Fifty-one percent of ...