"But Green’s injury prompted the Texas State 7on7 Organization, aware that parents are more concerned than ever about safety, to become the first statewide group in the country to require that all of its players wear soft-shell helmets, starting at this year’s state tournament."
“People are starting to realize it’s not just football, but other sports,” he said. “When you have kids running really fast, bare head-to-head or head-to-elbow contact is a very high impact event. If people are going to be running around at high speeds, having some padding will make a huge difference.”
"In a paper published this year, researchers at the University of Georgia found that youth flag football players from 7 to 10 years old suffered fewer major-impact head hits than tackle football players of the same age. But flag football players still received many smaller hits, including when they got close to opposing players to grab their flags."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/sports/football/football-safety-touch-flag-helmets.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
“People are starting to realize it’s not just football, but other sports,” he said. “When you have kids running really fast, bare head-to-head or head-to-elbow contact is a very high impact event. If people are going to be running around at high speeds, having some padding will make a huge difference.”
"In a paper published this year, researchers at the University of Georgia found that youth flag football players from 7 to 10 years old suffered fewer major-impact head hits than tackle football players of the same age. But flag football players still received many smaller hits, including when they got close to opposing players to grab their flags."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/sports/football/football-safety-touch-flag-helmets.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage