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Last year, after he was ejected from the Highlands basketball game for fighting, during the next few games the officials were watching him very closely. It was pretty obvious.

Going back to rule: keep in mind this is ChatGPT's summary so it's not the exact wording of the KHSAA rule. If Player A picked up Player B, lifted him off the ground, and deliberately threw/body-slammed him onto the turf, the important question for the officials would be whether the act was: merely incidental contact during a football play, or deliberate, excessively violent contact that created an obvious risk of serious injury. It was definitely not incidental contact. In the second case there is no mention of intent to injure, only that it was deliberate. I think it's clear that it was deliberate. That should make it easier to call than adding the additional task of determining if it was intentional. Is this a method of tackling that coaches teach in practice? If not, then it's not a "routine football play' as a lot of people are saying. Why teach players to tackle in a way that could get them penalized and possibly ejected?

What I posted above is from NFHS which is what KY is supposed to follow.

Regarding Driver's body slam, some research on the rules on ChatGPT said: If Player A picked up Player B, lifted him off the ground, and deliberately threw/body-slammed him onto the turf, the important question for the officials would be whether the act was: merely incidental contact during a football play, or deliberate, excessively violent contact that created an obvious risk of serious injury. A deliberate lift-and-slam is the kind of conduct that could reasonably be ruled a flagrant personal foul and an ejection, depending on exactly what happened and the official's judgment. if he had been ejected that would have earned him a three game suspension since he's already been suspended once this year.

It's been a while since I read the article, but a study came out in which they looked at a couple of D1 programs and put sensors on their helmets to see if they could get an idea of what was going on. It turned out that it wasn't the prototypical massive hit, like when a defensive back gets a big run and uses his head as a weapon, that caused the most damage. It was more due to the linemen banging their heads into each other on every play. The collisions weren't as big, but there were a lot more of them and that added up over time.

Is the varsity schedule similar?

Thanks. What school is that?

Since they play on Fridays how do they schedule those days during the week?

What are teams doing now when it comes to in season strength training? Are your teams lifting and if so, what kind of training are they doing?

Did anyone else think that Highlands looked significantly faster than Boyle? That shouldn't be the case in two teams ranked that highly.

Was it a concussion? It looked like helmet-to-helmet contact on the video.

I had thought that by now the coaching staff would have figured out the best rotations. It's so easy to see that when Clark and the younger players get into the game, things start to click. That's backed up by the stats as well. In the Hungary game, the starters/veterans were up 9 when Clark, Bueckers, and another younger player came in at 4:07 (maybe Reese?). They ran it to 47-18 when she pulled Clark at 6:20. They had outscored Hungary 29-9, which is way better than the starters had done.

The whole story is that the Highlands player did check the Boyle PG, but it wouldn't automatically have been ruled a flagrant foul. Driver escalated the situation, and then the Boyle bench joined in, which earned them suspensions.

There's another way of looking at it. You can throw in an odd play or formation early in the season and force teams to prep for it even if you never use it again. Or, you could always run the same play over and over off of that set but have an alternate play that you save until you need it in a playoff game. I've always thought that every running back on the team needs to practice passing the ball. Let the ones who get pretty good at it try it in a game, especially early in the season. Then, your opponents will have to spend time getting ready to defend it whether you choose to use it or not.

Yes, the first one was for something on the Lex Cath sideline and the second had something to do with his mouthpiece. That's the extent of what information has been made available. A bit light on the details.