Group Calls for End to Full-Contact Hits in Football Offseason

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The Sports Legacy Institute held a press conference in advance of Sunday's Super Bowl to announce a new initiative calling for all state high school athletic associations to ban full-contact practices and games during the offseason. Current and former NFL players, including Ravens center Matt Birk, Titans quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and Chiefs Eric Winston were also present to show their support for the proposed ban.

Currently, 29 state high school athletic associations allow full-contact drills during the offseason, and none impose any in-season limits. In contrast, last year the NFL banned offseason full-contact drills and limited them to less than one drill per week during the season.

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