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So does American football, which kids in America are expected to learn: https://www.google.com/amp/s/qz.com/1038120/over-99-of-nfl-p...

Let's not assume the drinking age is anything to do with evidence.

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What government, at any level, in America has a rule mandating that children learn American tackle football?

Expected socially, not mandated. You're not mandated to drink alcohol either.

It's also a top public spending priority: https://www.athleticbusiness.com/college/the-highest-paid-pu...

Hmm, I went through the American educational system from elementary through grad school, and I never felt any social expectation to learn football, either the rules or how to actual play. Maybe it's a costal city versus middle America thing? (I grew up in NY and went to California for post secondary education)

It most definitely is. Football was pretty much a religion in Ohio.

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