Ban on Headers . . .

. . . in Massachusetts! Has the ACLU been made aware of this?

Edwards . . . is asking lawmakers to stop a potentially damaging practice among K-12 students: "headers," or when soccer players hit balls with their heads.

"Brain injury or a concussion can change a soccer player's life if all soccer players uses his or her head as a battering ram," Edwards, 54, told the Legislature's joint Education Committee yesterday.

In all seriousness, the guy has a point. Heading a soccer ball gives the player's brain a nasty jar and potential long-term head injuries. We're not sure the risk requires legislation, but it would seem appropriate for leagues to ban it (at least leagues for children).

And if they won't, we'd like football leagues to bring back the flying wedge (a kick-off strategy consisting of interlocked arms on one side and decapitations on the other).