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DETROIT, Mich. (MAC-Sports.com) – On Monday, July 25, more than 200 youth football players from the Think Detroit PAL football league are scheduled to attend a free clinic led by coaches from Mid-American Conference Schools, including Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, the University of Toledo and Western Michigan University from 4 p.m.-7 p.m. at Ford Field in Detroit. The clinic is hosted by the MAC and Ford Field in partnership with the NCAA Football Youth Initiative. Clinic participants will receive two (2) free tickets to the 2011 Marathon MAC Football Championship Game, scheduled for Friday, Dec. 2 at Ford Field. An NCAA Compliance Seminar and a Safety and Concussions seminar will also be offered for parents and coaches attending the clinic. The concussion seminar will be led by Dr. Kenneth Podell, Ph.D., FACPN; Director of the Division of Neuropsychology & Sports Concussion Safety Program at Henry Ford Health System. The seminars will be held at 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. To kick off the clinic, Detroit native, Eastern Michigan standout and former Detroit Lions safety, Ron Rice, will speak with the young football players about his career path, the importance of education, character and sportsmanship. Rice is an inductee of the EMU Hall of Fame and currently holds the position of President of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) Former Players – Detroit chapter. “Learning football fundamentals, proper technique and safety is essential to youth football players' success on the field,” said Bob Vecchione – Chair of the NCAA Football Youth Initiative Committee and Executive Director of the National Association of Athletic Directors (NACDA). “NCAA Football youth clinics provide an opportunity for young athletes to learn these valuable skills and more importantly, to learn the invaluable character-building and sportsmanship lessons needed to be successful off the field.” Founded in 1946, the Mid-American Conference is an NCAA Division I, 12 full-member conference that sponsors 23 championships and is one of 11 members of the Football Bowl Sub-division (FBS). With total enrollment of nearly 300,000 students, the league represents institutions of higher learning in seven (7) states - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Ohio. In addition, two universities - Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa., and the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Ma. (beginning in 2012) -- are football-only members. The conference office is based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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