Entries for June 2015

Helmet Debate Escalates in Girls Lacrosse

[email protected] posted on June 30, 2015 03:53

Recently the Florida High School Activities Association escalated the girls lacrosse helmet debate to higher levels by mandating the equipment during competition involving its member schools.

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Posted in: Health & Safety, Lacrosse

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Prevention Progression

[email protected] posted on June 26, 2015 03:02

In all sports, officials are to err on the side of safety; and when they do, the MHSAA will have their backs.

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Posted in: Health & Safety, Officials

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Life Saving Lessons

[email protected] posted on June 23, 2015 03:58

In 2015-16 and 2016-17, it’s Hearts that we bring in focus . . . especially addressing sudden cardiac arrest which is the No. 1 cause of death to youth during exertion.

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Posted in: Health & Safety

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Fewer but Bigger Changes

[email protected] posted on June 19, 2015 03:44

The Representative Council has taken advantage of the repose to advance policies that extend across multiple sports and years.

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Posted in: Rules & Regulations

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Making a Statement

[email protected] posted on June 16, 2015 03:36

. . . we can choose to devote ourselves to maintaining our little niche of the sports world as a more principled place . . .

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Posted in: Perspective

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Tending a Small Garden

[email protected] posted on June 12, 2015 03:44

Year after year I expanded the borders of my garden. And year after year the overall quality of the garden declined.

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Posted in: Perspective, Sports - General

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Staying Alive

[email protected] posted on June 09, 2015 03:39

For the past half-dozen years, and especially in 2015-16, the MHSAA is in a traveling mode. In doing so, we add some danger to our lives, but at least we stay alive.

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Posted in: Leadership, Sports - General

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Not In School Sports

[email protected] posted on June 05, 2015 03:44

For now, much of what we see in high-profile college sports shows us what we should not do, not what we should do, in high school sports.

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Posted in: Perspective, Travel

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