Common sense no longer common

It really irritates me that we have come to the point in civilization that we need to legislate common sense. I realize, to some extent, we always have, but it seems that lately it's been getting to the goddamned ridiculous point.
The trigger in this little rant are the new regulations from the IAHSSA banning two a day football practices and stating practices can be no longer than three hours...Now, I realize this is not LAW per se, but I am assuming it will be enforced as such. I am also assuming the "law" is due to one of two things A) Some ass hat coach didn't use common sense and went ahead with a four hour practice when it was 100 degrees out and someone died OR B) some asshat parent whined because little junior was working too hard, sweating too much and puked at practice and that's just not fair.
As the parent of a high school football player, we have always said we don't want a coach shooting rainbows and kittens up our kid's ass. We would rather go back to the day where the coach had a stick and when the whistle blew if your ass wasn't up and off the line by the time the stick swung, you got hit by said stick...because, and I have family members who will tell you...you didn't get hit by the stick more than once...
In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with two a day practices and there is nothing wrong with three hour practices, if you use common sense when having them. If it's 100 degrees out, lets have practice at 6 a.m. and stop by 8 a.m. Common sense. If it's going to be 70 degrees today and you got your ass handed to you in last week's game, we're going to have an extra long practice today and the players should be expecting it...common sense. But the problem is, common sense is lacking in a few, so the "powers that be"decide that NO ONE has common sense and instill rules.
They claim the reason behind the rule change is "player safety." Ok, fine, player safety it is. Medical research and reports have been read and this is the best thing to do for the kids. Alright, I get it, but are basketball (both boys and girls) baseball, softball, wrestling, golf, tennis, track and every other sport going to be limited to a three hour practice and two a days eliminated there, too? I doubt it. It will just take another form...morning shoot arounds and running will become "team meetings" with players "voluntarily" participating. Which is fine with me, because if it's not an "official" practice, then anyone can run it and I know several dads who would love to oversee a few work outs.
While this has put a burr up my ass, I think that coaches will find away to work around it; much like school districts find a way to work around the LAW (not regulation or recommendation, but LAW) that says school can't start before Sept. 1. (We start on what, Aug. 14 this year?)
The IAHSSA says, "A practice cannot exceed three (3) hours in length. Warm-up, stretching, speed and agility rules, strength training, and cool down are all considered part of a practice.  Optional weight training activities that are available to all students are not considered part of the practice." 
I foresee new stretching, speed and agility "centers" now opening and available to ALL students, popping up at schools across the state.
If my ass is this scratchy over just a high school football rule change, don't even ask me about REAL laws and court cases and how the government needs to back off of social issues and start looking at oh, I don't know, the economy and spending and the budget and debt and the military and the farm bill instead of worrying about who's sleeping with whom..... I could go on for days about things like that...