A frustrated group of youth Chicago football players and coaches say violence, which has nothing to do with them, is keeping them off the field.
A frustrated group of youth football players and coaches say violence, which has nothing to do with them, is keeping them off the field.A frustrated group of youth football players and coaches say violence, which has nothing to do with them, is keeping them off the field.
"We don't want to be seen in a negative light," said Hellcats President Vaughn Harris. "Everything we do is 100 percent positive. We want to give these kids a safe space to grow and flourish in. That's our objective.""This program has done that for many children that don't have those active parents and that are in the streets," said Marissa Simmons.
"It's really disappointing because the kids are impacted. The kids last weekend lost a little bit of innocence of no fault of their own," said Ira Bell, whose two sons have gone through the Hellcats football program.
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