California Legislature Limits Full Contact Football Practices

[Cerebus]

SACBEE: Jerry Brown signs bill limiting full-contact football practice in California

The legislation comes amid increasing concern about brain injuries in football. Assembly Bill 2127, by Assemblyman Ken Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, prohibits middle school and high school football teams from holding full-contact practices during the off-season and limits them to no more than two full-contact practices per week during the preseason and regular season.

Nineteen other states have banned full-contact high school football practices in the off-season, according to a legislative analysis.

[UNTexas]

They do know football is a contact sport, right? Either way, shorts and shoulder pads were some of the worst practices I remember. Pads on the legs are worthless anyway.

[GMG24]

They do know any coach worth his weight in salt doesn't do more than this "legislation" allows anyway.