Joel Bussert made Competition Committee think about safety

Friday's health and safety news from the world of football:

• The Monday Morning Quarterback profiled NFL senior vice president of player personnel and football operations Joel Bussert, who helped to shepherd many of the player safety initiatives used today in pro football.

• Redskins.com reported on Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, whose foundation hosted a hosted a fitness expo at Baylor University.

• The Arizona Republic reported that former Cardinals guard Deuce Lutui will become an assistant coach at a Phoenix-area high school, the second ex-Arizona player to make such a move after retired quarterback Kurt Warner made a similar announcement earlier this week.

• WROC-TV in Rochester, New York, covered a domestic violence workshop for football coaches led by former NFL player and consultant Joe Ehrmann.

• WIAT-TV in Birmingham, Alabama, reported on the technology introduced by University of Alabama-Birmingham to assist in concussion research.

• The Pittsburgh Business Journal reported that a Conemaugh Health System study found student athletes suffered fewer concussions after conditioning training designed by sports and exercise specialists.

• Sports Techie looked at how mobile apps have changed football coaching.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor