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Its also the basis for why many advocacy groups think that contact in high school sports should be drastically cut back. The developing brain is perhaps a lot more susceptible to injury, which may cause long term deficits, than anyone ever predicted. Youth hockey is moving in this direction, as they've moved the checking age from 11 to 13 (although recent efforts have been mounted to make 14 the cutoff), but youth football has basically been unresponsive. They will come around once the courts start letting athletes sue sports organizations for the irreparable damage they've suffered.