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Football Heading Debate
Pressure is mounting on English football after Labour MP Graham Morris put forward a proposal in the UK Parliament calling for legal restrictions on heading during training, amid research suggesting that footballers are 3.5 times more likely than the general population to die from neurodegenerative diseases. Current guidelines recommend that amateurs make no more than 10 headers a week in training, with the same limit applying to high-force headers among professionals. But player-protection campaigners say voluntary guidance is not enough. Their demands include a national plan for players’ brain health, recognition of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) as a public-health issue, and a compensation scheme for former players. The Football Association said it continues to support research and issue guidance.
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