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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.
During the 2016-17 school year, there will be two new opportunities for MHSAA member schools to consider with respect to cooperative programs.
New for 2016-17 is that schools may join the MHSAA at the 6th-grade level and up (not 7th). This change . . . has three obvious benefits:
Restrooms and locker rooms have become the front line of the latest civil rights battle in America, with collateral damage to school sports possible.
Research is inconclusive if specialization is the path to the elite level of sports, but it is conclusive that specialization is the path to chronic, long-term negative effects.
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.