Goodbye, high school football

James Bukes, a former Pittsburgh federal administrative law judge and Mt. Lebanon resident explains how legal liability for long-term injuries and other challenges could kill football.

Is this the end of football?

I have heard stories about football participation dropping here in Mt. Lebanon.

Potential players and their parents are taking notice. According to the journal Neurotrauma, Pop Warner youth football participation dropped 9.5 percent between 2010 and 2012. In some of the wealthier suburbs of Pittsburgh, such as Upper St. Clair, more and more parents will not allow their sons to go out for football. Even President Barack Obama has said that if he had a son, he would not allow the boy to play football.

Here is a little bit more back story on the subject: How One Lawyer’s Crusade Could Change Football Forever

We need a lawyer crusader in Mt. Lebanon.