Ivy League coordinator of football officials Jim Maconaghy says on-field officials will target helmet-to-helmet hits this fall.
Maconaghy said in a conference call Tuesday that the league has “to protect all of our players, and we will continue to do that.”
The league announced last month that the presidents of its eight schools had accepted a series of recommendations made by a special committee to try to limit concussive hits in football. The recommendations take effect this season and also limit contact workouts to one during preseason two-a-day workouts.
Cornell head coach Kent Austin says it’s too early to say what kind of effect the rule changes will have.
“I don’t think anybody right now has a crystal ball and can say for certain that the quality of play on the football field is going to go down as a result of these rules changes,” Austin said. “We’ll have to wait and see.
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