LeBron James said he won’t allow his two sons to play football.
 

A story posted to ESPN.com this week contained two short quotes from James saying he would not allow the game to be played by his 10-year-old son LeBron Jr. and 7-year-old son Bryce, who do play basketball, baseball, and soccer.
 

It is not clear if James, himself a football star at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School who stopped playing before his senior year, would allow his sons to play when they get older, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported. 
 

When asked whether the reason for his decision was the health dangers related to football, James replied, "Yes."
 

He added: "We don't want them to play in our household right now until they understand how physical and how demanding the game is. Then they can have their choice in high school, we'll talk over it," he said. "But right now there's no need for it. There's enough sports they can play. They play basketball, they play soccer, they play everything else but football and hockey."
 

"It's a safety thing. As a parent you protect your kids as much as possible. I don't think I'm the only one that's not allowing his kids to play football, it's just that I'm LeBron James and it gets put in the headlines for no reason."