NJSIAA

The New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association has imposed a dramatic reduction in full contact allowed during the football season.

NJSIAA member schools passed a proposal that drastically alters the New Jersey high school football playoff system.

"Our experience has been that students don't make this up. No one's trying to game the system," NJSIAA Attorney Steve Goodell told New Jersey 101.5. "We take them at their word."

The Stop Opioid Abuse Program will reach out to almost 300,000 high school athletes in the Garden State.

Some special education students can outrun students without a disability, or sink baskets at a greater rate. They just haven't always had the chance to compete.

The idea is to level the playing field.

The NJSIAA considers MetLife Stadium and college stadiums an extension of the classroom during high school games where there is no tailgating.

The idea has been knocked down before, more than once, but New Jersey lawmakers are at it again - attempting to make all high school athletes eligible for random steroid testing.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative from the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, a special team is going school to school in the Garden State to make sure their athletic programs are keeping up with the state regulations and protocols in place.

The landscape of high school football in the Garden State could soon change dramatically.