Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott pledges $10.5M to health studies

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

• Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott announced during its Media Days that it will spend $10.5 million over three years to study student athlete health.

• Former NFL player John Bock wrote an editorial for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, urging parents and schools to conduct baseline testing for youth athletes.

• KHAS-TV in Hastings, Nebraska, looked at the impact of California's new law to limit middle- and high-school football practices.

• The Los Angeles Daily News talked to area coaches, who seemed unfazed by the new law.

• WTHR-TV in Indiana noted that 37 states have limited high school football practices in some way.

• The Toledo (Okla.) Blade reported on a former University of Toledo football player who is trying to get funding for a protective cap that he believes can reduce concussions.

• The Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal reported that the Akron Children's Hospital will televise a concussion conference this week at its facility.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor