{"id":71090,"date":"2018-06-11T08:12:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T13:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=71090"},"modified":"2018-06-11T08:12:51","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T13:12:51","slug":"all-stars-of-flag-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/all-stars-of-flag-football\/","title":{"rendered":"All Stars of Flag Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sunday Ely<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Flag Football and tackle football can work hand in hand. Pop Warner leagues have dwindled around the country. Some argue it&#8217;s due to unnecessary hits to the brains of children.\u00a0 That has many parents concerned. Increasingly flag football leagues are replacing the once coveted Saturday morning football runs against neighboring city teams.<\/p>\n<p>There are upsides to flag football, such as safety and more room in your dad&#8217;s van. Yet sports fans struggle with the notion that flag football is soft and doesn&#8217;t prepare kids for the toughness of the game.<\/p>\n<p>No matter where you stand on this issue, take a journey with Medill Newsmakers as we explore the rise of flag football.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Northwestern Newsmakers - Sunday Ely\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/274443410?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to join the conversation on social @sundayely on Twitter and @sundaytravels just about everywhere else.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Flag Star Football (Courtesy of: Flag Star Football)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sunday Ely Medill Reports Flag Football and tackle football can work hand in hand. Pop Warner leagues have dwindled around the country. Some argue it&#8217;s due to unnecessary hits to the brains of children.\u00a0 That has many parents concerned. Increasingly flag football leagues are replacing the once coveted Saturday morning football runs against neighboring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":71091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[497],"tags":[4348,4345,4343,4344,4350,4342,4341,4353,4349,4351,2542,4352,4347,4346],"class_list":["post-71090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medill-newsmakers","tag-carol-sente","tag-cte-chicago","tag-dave-duerson","tag-dave-duerson-act","tag-evan-mulrooney","tag-flag-football","tag-flag-star-football","tag-football-chicago","tag-helen-kwan","tag-joel-winbley","tag-northwestern-football","tag-sunday-ely","tag-tackle-football","tag-youth-flag-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>All Stars of Flag Football - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/all-stars-of-flag-football\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"All Stars of Flag Football - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Sunday Ely Medill Reports Flag Football and tackle football can work hand in hand. 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