So, when there was recent criticism that our football practice policy wasn’t progressive enough, that it allows (in theory only) too much time for contact drills, my response is: Look at the entire body of work.
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In sports as in most other aspects of American society, ours is a free-market system that allows the rich to get richer, with little regard for the consequences.
We will be digging deeper into the reports . . . but we already see one suspected theme is being confirmed: more concussions reported for girls than for boys.
Our health and safety narrative addresses all sports and both genders; and the 2015-16 school year provides three significant examples.
There is so much more we could be doing to transform school sports for the 21st Century.
I would much rather see school sports tackle a half-dozen difficult health and safety issues than spend a half-minute debating national travel and tournaments.
Allow me to wander way outside my expertise for a moment … to quantum physics.
From the Director is the official MHSAA Blog which will touch on pertinent school sports topics periodically throughout the school year from various MHSAA Staff.