Safety concerns spurs SoCal league to adopt Heads Up Football

Friday's Heads Up Football news:

• 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.

• 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