HOT CORNER

1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

The NCAA is considering allowing the head coach to have in-game communication with one player on offense and one on defense in a series of rules proposals. The NFL-like proposals need to be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to discuss football proposals April 18. In games involving Football Bowl Subdivision teams, each school would have the option to use coachto-player communications through the helmet to one player on the field. The communication would be turned off with 15 seconds remaining on the play clock or when the ball is snapped, whichever comes first.

2 PRO FOOTBALL:

The Canadian Football League says it is investigating allegations made by a former Toronto Argonauts strength and conditioning coach who alleges to have been wrongfully dismissed after being harassed by quarterback Chad Kelly. The coach filed a statement of claim with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice last week alleging a pattern of harassment by Kelly that began with unwanted romantic advances and escalated to threatening language. She said the club did not act when told of Kelly’s behavior.

3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Iowa State has hired Tyler Roehl as assistant head coach and running backs coach. Jake Waters, who was named running backs coach last week, will move to coaching quarterbacks. Roehl had been offensive coordinator for the past five seasons at North Dakota State, then was hired as Tennessee State’s OC in January. Last season, North Dakota State led the FCS in rushing, rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns.

4 SPORTS:

New York Attorney General Letitia James is demanding that a county on Long Island rescind its ban on transgender athletes competing in female sports. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman issued an executive order Feb. 22 banning sports organizations from county-run facilities if they allow transgender girls and women to compete on female teams. James says in her“cease and desist”letter Friday the order clearly violates New York’s anti-discrimination laws and must be rescinded in five days.

5 OLYMPICS:

A commission charged with reviewing the Olympic structure in the U.S. is calling for Congress to consider wideranging changes, including government funding of the U.S. Center for SafeSport, severing grassroots from the elite sports system and even removing the word “amateur”in a potential rewrite of the 1978 law that created the modern-day Olympic structure. The commission released its 275-page report, concluding in part that“we need a better long-term vision for how we organize Olympicand Paralympic-movement sports in America.”