This petition calls on the President to publicly support changes in American football by imposing a formal weight limit for players. This would require athletes to be below a 30 Body Mass Index, with a gradual phase-in over six years.
The National Football League is hypocritical in their "Play 60" commercials telling young kids to devote 60 minutes of play a day to stay in shape, when the inherent culture of football requires too many players, particularly linemen, to be greatly obese to play.
More weight mean more concussions and other injuries, and other eventual health issues. Given untold costs in health care, early deaths, and football venues, this is not acceptable to taxpayers supporting over 1,000,000 high school football players, some being openly urged to be fatter to play.