Board Member Pushes For High School Football Ban

October 3, 2012 / Football
WHDH

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A fight over a fall tradition is underway in a New Hampshire community, and it could end with the lights going out on the high school football team.

Safety on the football field has become a hot topic in recent years — especially at the high school level. But a school board member in Dover, New Hampshire says it’s time for football to get kicked out of town.

Young football players walked off the practice field Monday hoping to play at the high school level one day — but not if Paul Butler has his way.

“I’ll do my best to try to convince the other members of the school board that it’s a dangerous game and that we should abandon it,” said Dr. Paul Butler.

Butler is a retired surgeon and first-term school board member who asked the rest of the board to consider turning off the Friday night lights for good.


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