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USA HOCKEY, INC. <br /> 2014 ANNUAL CONGRESS: BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING <br /> LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM <br /> PROPOSAL NUMBER: 2014 AC— <br /> NAME OF PUBLICATION: USA HOCKEY 2014-15 ANNUAL GUIDE <br /> MAIN HEADING: BYLAWS <br /> REGULATION (Heading): <br /> BY-LAW (Heading): <br /> Section: Policies— <br /> Reference (sub-section): <br /> Paragraph / Page no(s): <br /> CURRENT WORDING: (please type in Tahoma/Pitch 11) <br /> NEW <br /> This proposal refers to an additional area painted on the ice surface. <br /> This would be under Rule 106 Face-Off Spots and Circles. <br /> SPECIFIC WORDING OF PROPOSAL: (please type in Tahoma/Pitch 11) <br /> (as it should appear with new wording-bold, Deletions- }.. o ) <br /> There will be an area extending 40 inches from the boards around the rink painted <br /> orange called the Look Up Line. <br /> INTENTION OF PROPOSAL: <br /> This will provide a "warning track"for hockey rinks. <br /> The "warning" is that this is an area where it is dangerous for players to be looking down <br /> because of the possibility of severe catastrophic cervical spine injury causing quadriplegia if the <br /> player's head impacts the boards with his/her head down. <br /> It is also an area where players should be careful about body contact/body checking. <br /> This is not intended as an area where special penalties will be called by the referee. <br /> This LOOK UP LINE already exists at two rinks in the United States. <br /> The same proposal is being made to the Ice Hockey Committees of the National Federation of <br /> High Schools and the NCAA. <br /> Submitter: Alan B. Ashare, M.D, Director Emeritus; Chair, SPEC <br /> Proposal directed also to(Board, Council, Committee, Section): Board of Directors, SafeSport <br /> Committee, Youth Council, Girls/Women s Section,Junior Council, Risk Management Committee <br />