American parents through the court demanded from FIFA to change the rules of football

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District Court of California on Wednesday registered a claim of a group of American parents and young players, requiring the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) to change the rules of the game of football.

According to the newspaper Los Angeles Times, the lawsuit also drawn to the American Youth Soccer Organization and the Association of Youth Football USA, uniting 3 million players, according to ITAR-TASS.

"The medical community has called for changes in the rules of the game for more than ten years ago, the recommendations are updated three times, but FIFA still failed to respond properly to the treatment of doctors - said the group's lawyer Steve Berman. - We believe it is necessary to put an end to unnecessary risk, which involves FIFA players. "

The document, in particular, noted that FIFA rules can not protect children from serious injury, including due to the inability to understand the nature of time damage the brain. The plaintiffs also named the negligent attitude of FIFA to the absence of voting age of the players, which allowed the headers. Thus, according to attorney Derek Howard, "coaches begin teaching a similar impact children as young as three years old."

Parents do not intend to claim compensation from FIFA for the victims before the players, but seek changes in the protocols of the federation.

"Concussion now how terrible epidemic that affects and professional players, and suffering from aggressive strikes amateurs teens, and young children," - noted in the claim document.

According to Howard, the American high school students who are fond of football, get the ball over the head of not less than 1.8 thousand. Every year. "This is an unacceptable figure, moreover, no one thinks about the long-term consequences of these injuries," - he said. In 2010, according to lawyers in the United States 50 th. Seniors received a concussion during a football game.

Parents also need to increase the number of possible replacements during the match, or the introduction of a temporary replacement for 7-8 minutes, when the victim will be able to properly inspect the doctors in order to avoid fatal errors.

According to media reports, in the federation have 60 days to reply to a.