California's Assembly Bill 708, proposed by Avelino Valencia, seeks to allow soft helmet pads in youth football to enhance ...

California Assemblymember Avelino Valencia (D-Anaheim) introduced a bill that aims to prevent youth football leagues from ...

But in a American 7s Football League, that debate seems to be over. The semi-pro league was launched in 2015 and players compete with no helmets and no pads. And it’s not […] ...

Some California youth football leagues ban Guardian Caps. Three former football players in the Legislature think parents and children should have the option of wearing them.

The 7-on-7 A7FL plays without pads or helmets, and thinks they're safer for it. ... The first football helmet wasn’t used in a game until 1896, and wasn’t mandatory until 1939.

Players in the American 7’s Football League (A7FL) play without helmets and without pads. The league co-founder says it all makes for “a safer game.” ...

Football without pads and helmets would reduce injuries. I’ve been saying that in newspaper columns since 2004, before much of the debate about concussions and injuries grew so large.

Then 10 years ago Massa found a league, a real league that played with the same rules that they did—full-contact football, no helmets, no pads. At the time the league was called Town Beef, ...

For college football players, practicing without helmets and shoulder pads may help reduce the number of head impacts in later practices and games, a new study suggests. Fox News Media Fox Business ...

The A7FL features 7 on 7 football with no pads which some may consider safer, but you can't tell from these highlights. An Intense New Football League Doesn’t Use Pads Or Helmets Sound+Vision ...

Nearly every North Jersey football program was missing equipment — helmets, some type of pads, jerseys or even footballs — when practices began Aug. 10, a survey of coaches conducted by the ...

Three former college football players in the California Legislature think youth leagues should allow padded helmet add-ons ...