Daily Topics - Wednesday February 3rd, 2016
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Hour One: TPP Being Signed In Secret Too - Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL, 9th District) / PLUS, Can We Still Stop the TPP? Curtis Ellis, Obamatrade.com
Hour Two: Should We Ban Football?
Hour Three: Political Revolution Is "All American"
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Thom: What most people don't know is that football IS getting safer. According to the National Federation of High Schools, there was a 40% drop in concussions in middle school and high school football players in 2015. The teaching of tackling has changed, and the punishments for targeting is changing the game for the better. As for safer games, soccer and rugby have much higher incidence of concussions than does football. Changing the rules is the way to go, not banning it. If one doesn't want to play a rough sport, then don't play it. Don't take away options for our young people.