Ivy League officials to target hits to head

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    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 coach Kent Austin says it's too early to say what kind of effect the rule changes will have.

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