Safety concerns spurs SoCal league to adopt Heads Up Football

Published: Sep 12, 2014 at 06:05 AM

Friday's Heads Up Football news:

The La Canada (Calif.) Daily Sun featured a Southern California youth football league that has adopted the Heads Up Football program for safety's sake, talking to organization president Kevin Lacey.

USA Football reported on a Michigan youth football league that remains committed to the Heads Up Football program, interviewing Stuart Riley, vice president of football operations for the Brighton Bulldogs Football and Cheer Club.

The Macomb County (Mich.) Source featured an area youth football league that received an equipment grant from USA Football.

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune wrote in an editorial that Heads Up Football is a positive step toward making the game safer.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor

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