California Assembly Bill 734 and the Ethics of Youth Tackle Football: A Four-Frame Legislative Analysis.
The purpose of this article is to facilitate awareness in the rehabilitation counseling profession about the U.S. state of California's AB 734, the Youth Tackle Football Bill. AB 734 proposed to ban tackle football participation for children less than 12 years of age. Beyond AB 734, this article add...
| Publicado en: | Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin Vol. 69; no. 4; pp. 279 - 295 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jul2026
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