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per Zgoda:
So indispensable for so long it became part of a nation’s vocabulary, football’s kickoff isn’t about beginnings anymore.
From preps to pros, the game’s guardians are asking themselves how they make such a tradition safer from collision and injury — particularly concussions — and still save a play that is alternately deemed football’s most dangerous and exciting.
This season, the NCAA and NFL each changed their rules in attempts to do just that. The Minnesota State High School League has modified kickoffs since 2014, and venerable Brainerd High School coach Ron Stolski says his sport has “never been safer.”
In the NCAA, receiving players can now create a touchback by fair-catching kickoffs inside their 25-yard line.
“I like the new rule,” Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said. “It protects our players. That’s the most important thing.”
http://www.startribune.com/kill-the...at-one-day-but-not-without-a-fight/493913441/
Go Gophers!!
So indispensable for so long it became part of a nation’s vocabulary, football’s kickoff isn’t about beginnings anymore.
From preps to pros, the game’s guardians are asking themselves how they make such a tradition safer from collision and injury — particularly concussions — and still save a play that is alternately deemed football’s most dangerous and exciting.
This season, the NCAA and NFL each changed their rules in attempts to do just that. The Minnesota State High School League has modified kickoffs since 2014, and venerable Brainerd High School coach Ron Stolski says his sport has “never been safer.”
In the NCAA, receiving players can now create a touchback by fair-catching kickoffs inside their 25-yard line.
“I like the new rule,” Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said. “It protects our players. That’s the most important thing.”
http://www.startribune.com/kill-the...at-one-day-but-not-without-a-fight/493913441/
Go Gophers!!