Sentences with phrase «football rules committee»

In an effort to reduce contact above the shoulders and lessen the risk of injury in high school football, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee developed a definition for «targeting,» which will be penalized as illegal personal contact.

Bob Colgate, NFHS assistant director and liaison to the Football Rules Committee, said this rule change results in a 2 - yard belt that is clear of team personnel and helps eliminate sideline congestion while helping to minimize the risk for participating players, coaches and officials during live - ball situations.

The NCAA Football Rules Committee on Friday proposed altering the game's kickoff rules to allow the receiving team to fair catch the kick inside the 25 - yard line and have it result in a touchback.

Julian Tackett, assistant commissioner of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association and chair of the NFHS Football Rules Committee, said the committee felt the need to continue to address risk minimization issues for the runner.

«The committee made this rules change after reviewing data from multiple states regarding the frequency of helmets coming off during live - ball play,» said Julian Tackett, chair of the Football Rules Committee and commissioner of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association.

«While these changes mostly involve reorganization, the committee is confident that the rules now place a stronger emphasis on flagrant acts and illegal helmet contact,» said Bob Colgate, NFHS assistant director and liaison to the Football Rules Committee.

«Annually, the NFHS Football Rules Committee has sought ways to better promote the health and physical welfare of the participants and cultivate the high ideals of good sportsmanship,» said Brad Cashman, executive director of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association and chair of the NFHS Football Rules Committee.

The three risk - minimization additions were among 10 rules changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee at its January 18 - 20, 2013 meeting in Indianapolis.

«Player safety has been and will continue to be the top priority for members of the NFHS Football Rules Committee,» said Brad Garrett, chair of the NFHS Football Rules Committee and assistant executive director of the Oregon School Activities Association.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (February 12, 2007)-- In its continuing emphasis on illegal helmet - to - helmet contact in high school football such as spearing, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in the sport.

The NCAA's football rules committee proposed a change that could diminish the pop pass, the newer breed of option plays that include play action.

Not exact matches

Also in the list of goals is implementing a standard that's similar to something known as the Rooney Rule, named after Dan Rooney, the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and chairman of the National Football League's diversity committee.

In the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions» decision, the panel found a former Notre Dame athletic training student violated NCAA ethical conduct rules when she committed academic misconduct for two football student - athletes and provided six other football student - athletes with impermissible academic extra benefits.

«The Football League have chosen not to apply the rule as robustly as we think we will be applying it,» Scudamore told the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

The University of Mississippi has been notified that a ruling from the NCAA's Committee on Infractions (COI) regarding the Rebel football program is due Friday, multiple sources confirm to SB Nation.

April 29 — Liverpool could pay up to # 8 million for Danny Ings, the out - of - contract striker they gained from Burnley last season, ruled a Professional Football Compensation Committee (PFCC) tribunal.

The committee reviewed and discussed data and research regarding concussions and head hits in football, and also looked at current NCAA and Ivy League rules and practices.

The committee clarified Rule 1 -3-1c regarding the stripes on the football.

In line with AGENDA 50 - 50, the Regional Youth Wing under the auspices of the Eastern Regional Executive Committee of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) today organised a football gala dubbed «JM Cup» at Mpraeso in the Mpraeso Constituency to rekindle the party's spirit in the Kwahu zone as part of the annual Kwahu easter festivity.