The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel voted this month to modify kickoff rules in college football. The new rule change allows the receiving team to fair catch the kickoff anywhere within the 25 yard-line. This will result in a touchback, stopping the play as dead and allowing the receiving team’s…
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Aaron Hernandez CTE findings make new regulations critical
Aaron Hernandez, a former New England Patriot’s player, committed suicide in April in his jail cell at the age of 27. Hernandez was serving a life-sentence for the murder of a friend. Recently conducted posthumous scans of the football player’s brain revealed that Hernandez had extensive damage due to chronic…
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