WINNIPEG, Manitoba — On a bone-chilling day this month, as the hometown Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League practiced for a playoff game against the Edmonton Eskimos, something was noticeably missing: the unmistakable crack of plastic hitting plastic. By most standards, the league’s decision, aimed at reducing injuries like concussions, was a bold one. To date, the Ivy League is the only college conference to end full-contact football practices in the regular season. But the league commissioner has stood by them. “I know change is hard, and sometimes you have to make the bold decision in order to move things forward.

Source: New York Times November 24, 2017 19:32 UTC