Jeff Gorringe is a longtime coach and administrator in the same Utah youth football league that he started in as a player in 1972, and likes USA Football's new player development model that is now nationwide. “Too many people look at football as X’s and O’s. … This is a holistic approach to the game of football,” Gorringe said. “This is a re-imagination where it makes the game stronger, better and longer lasting than we’ve ever had.” The Ute Conference, with about 6,500 players between ages 7-14, was one of six youth organizations across the country that last year was part of the pilot program for football's first long-term athlete development model.