Young athletes deserve protection

Look at the kids out on the playing fields these days and the size, strength and speed is astounding.

There was a time when a high school player who was over 6 feet tall and who weighed more than 200 pounds was the biggest guy on the gridiron. Not so these days. A 6-foot-tall quarterback can barely see downfield to throw with the huge linemen in front of him. And these large bodies are moving at speeds that were once reserved for receivers.

The result is higher-energy impacts that were once rare have become commonplace.

Also more common is something you seldom heard mentioned a few years ago