towards my own children. when i m your age, what will matter to me is not my youth football career but that like you, i m a great parent, and i can provide for my family. so please, keep me out of tackle football until i m 14. favre telling the today show yesterday research is just beginning to reveal how serious concussions are. new data shows 25% of high school football players had cte. joe, you and i both played high school football. this obviously was not in the conversation when you and i played. it was called getting your bell rung, you would see stars and go back to the sideline and get in on the next play. to have someone as legendary, and respected, saying draw the line at 14, i would be interested to see how they