Illinois High School Association launches initiative to make high school sports safer

Illinois High School Association launches initiative to make high school sports safer

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The group that represents Illinois high schools has a new campaign aimed at making high school sports safer. “Play Smart. Play Hard.” is an educational resource for coaches, parents and student-athletes. And there’s another piece to the initiative: A new advisory council that will suggest changes to policies at the Illinois High School Association. Kurt Gibson, assistant executive director of the IHSA, joins us with more. Plus Dr. Cynthia LaBella joins us to talk about the initiative. She’s the medical director for the Institute of Sports Medicine at Lurie Children’s Hospital and head of the concussion program. She’s also a member of IHSA’s Sports Medicine Advisory Committee.