SFA to ban kids heading a ball

[Bill 13,717]

Talk about mixed messages. The SFA are proposing to ban the heading of a ball by youngsters in response to the high incidence of dementia in later life among footballers - but they sit on their arses when it comes to decades of child sexual abuse at their favourite club.

[compo 7,215]

The old Thompson T bladder never did me any harm

[Baillie1872 13]

Also considering the study was completed on retired footballers using heavier balls than the ones we use today it's a touch rash. 

 

Essentially, players over 12 will need to be over coached to compensate for the lack of technique. Might as well do away with corners as well. Games going to absolute shit.

[Scott7 6,167]

3 hours ago, compo said:

The old Thompson T bladder never did me any harm

Apart from the fear in that awful split second when you realised that not only were you going to head the ball but the laces were going to rake your forehead.

 

And the dull clunk when you misjudged the fall of a high ball and it landed on the top of your head just forward of the back of the skull.

[compo 7,215]

19 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

Apart from the fear in that awful split second when you realised that not only were you going to head the ball but the laces were going to rake your forehead.

 

And the dull clunk when you misjudged the fall of a high ball and it landed on the top of your head just forward of the back of the skull.

Character building 

[MacK1950 2,399]

Knee-jerk solution after time scale,how will they police it?.

Perhaps by secret shopper types or SFA fat ar**s actually getting up from their backsides and working?.