Friday's health and safety news from the world of football:
- NFL.com reported that Eli Manning underwent successful ankle surgery.
- ChicagoBears.com reported that quarterback Jay Cutler spoke to high school students while visiting Chicago's South Shore International College Prep High School.
- The Associated Press reported on a survey in which school nurses in Illinois say their districts do not have return-to-class protocols for student concussion victims.
- The Republic in Columbus, Ind., reported that the state's expanded concussion bill has drawn mixed reactions from coaches, who will be required to take head injury awareness training.
- The Tennessean recapped the new guidelines for treating concussions by the National Athletic Trainers Association.
- The Chicago Tribune reported that a suburban school district is offering baseline testing for middle school athletes.
-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor