Only three of the MHSAA’s 750 member high schools failed to comply with that requirement for all of their head coaches. That’s progress.

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The task force concluded that counting minutes of contact during a practice or a week was not the best approach.

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Indeed, taking two small jumps when one giant leap is necessary is an ill-fated strategy.

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“In the 1950s when automobile injuries disturbed the national conscience, we didn’t abolish cars; we made it safer to drive them."

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Now, with attention to over-use injuries and burnout, sport specialization has become a health and safety crisis on the level . . .

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But if there is one group for whom I have little sympathy, it’s for these medical offices.

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Apparently I lack credentials to offer suggestions about the “beautiful game.”

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Often our impressive progress is used against us. Make an improvement and someone is sure to spout off: “See? It isn’t safe. We need to ban it or at least remove sports from schools.”

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