Oklahoma to limit contact

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Posted By: Jeff Fisher March 25, 2015

by Jeff Fisher

OSSAA logoOklahoma has become the latest state to place a limit on full contact in high school football.

The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association has approved a new rule that will limit teams to 90 minutes of full contact each week.

OSSAA associate director David Jackson told NewsOK.com, “This is all in an effort to address the concern over head trauma. Oklahoma coaches responded, and the board was pleased and I was pleased that our coaches took the initiative and didn’t want to fight it.”

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.

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