Where I grew up, the pee wee football league (9 and up), there was an unwritten rule of “no head hunting” (purposeful helmet to helmet contact).
If you suspected the other team of doing so, or vice versa there would certainly be a fight amongst the teams: either after the game or even mid-game.
Now I’m speculating here but maybe it had to do with inner city culture where sports was seen as a way out rather than simply as an extracurricular so cheap shots and other intentional injuries were very much frowned upon.
Where I grew up, the pee wee football league (9 and up), there was an unwritten rule of “no head hunting” (purposeful helmet to helmet contact).
If you suspected the other team of doing so, or vice versa there would certainly be a fight amongst the teams: either after the game or even mid-game.
Now I’m speculating here but maybe it had to do with inner city culture where sports was seen as a way out rather than simply as an extracurricular so cheap shots and other intentional injuries were very much frowned upon.