For football parents, foam covering meant to limit concussion risk, may offer some relief from the stress of watching their kids play football. Veuer's Elizabeth Keatinge has more.
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00:00Guardian caps are padded headgear meant to reduce the risk of concussions and possibly CTE.
00:07For football parents, the foam covering may offer some relief from the stress of watching their kids play football.
00:14The New York Times highlighted the risk of CTE in youth players, not just NFL players.
00:20Wyatt Bramwell started playing tackle football in third grade.
00:24After starting on his high school football team, he was set to begin college when he died by suicide.
00:31Post-mortem studies of his brain showed he had advanced CTE.
00:36Bramwell was part of one of the first major studies which showed athletes under 30 get CTE too.
00:42Some parents tell HuffPost that the stakes are too high to allow their kids to play football.
00:48Quote, no football for our kiddos because of the concussion and injury risk, unquote.
00:53Amber Spackman-Jones tells the site, still others allow their kids to play.
00:58Susan Barkin-White says, quote, I support him and go to all the games.
01:03I'm a nervous wreck while watching though, unquote.