American football: Team of lawyers appointed to probe dirty tackle

A university in Tokyo said Friday it has appointed a team of seven lawyers to get to the bottom of a dirty tackle made by one of its American football team players during an intercollegiate game last month.The Nihon University set up the third-party panel after two former coaches of the team -- head coach Masato Uchida and assistant coach Tsutomu Inoue -- received a lifetime ban from competition over the May 6 incident.The university also said Uchida resigned as a member of its board of directors on Wednesday for "causing tremendous trouble" to the university and outside entities.He will re…READ FULL ARTICLE