Wednesday, July 20, 2011

News 7/20/2011

Ivy League to Limit Full-Contact Football Practices New York Times - Ken Belson -The Ivy League will announce on Wednesday that, in an effort to minimize head injuries among its football players, it will sharply reduce the ...

The United Football League is in big trouble: Fan's take

Yahoo! Sports - Eric R. Ivie -Contributor Network the United Football League (UFL) announced that it is delaying the start of its 2011 season from August 13 to ...

7-on-7 summer high school football events raising concerns

USA Today - Jack Carey - Jim Halley -The hot topic at the group's issues forum was the explosive growth of 7-on-7 football teams and events, the influence of non-scholastic coaches in these ...

How to clean up college sports? Lend an ear to Mike Slive

Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) - Mark Bradley -He's the commissioner of the SEC, which plays the best football, which is the sport that pays most of the bills. And say this for the commish: From that ...

The Gators' Will Muschamp: The next Urban or another Zook?

Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) - Mark Bradley -Let's stipulate that Florida is pretty good at hiring football coaches. Two of the past three tapped by the Gators went on to win a national championship. ...

Football Stadium Could Generate $41 Million in Tax Revenue

NBC Los Angeles -A proposed downtown football stadium and expanded convention center would generate about $41 million a year in net tax revenue, according to a report ...

High-Tech Football Helmets Gauge Force of Collision

U.S. News & World Report - Randy Dotinga -WEDNESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- High-tech helmets worn by some US high school football players can quantify the force of impact, ...

Ready for some football? NFL, players close to new deal

AHN | All Headline News -The NFL and its players are close to an agreement on ending the current lockout, the league's first work stoppage since 1987. With lawyers for both sides ...