Sioux City West High School graduate and Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich will answers your questions today at 11 a.m. in a live Q&A session.

Hinrich is in town for his charity golf tournament today. He will talk about the work he still does here in Sioux City, his playing days at West and Kansas and his future in the NBA.

Got a question for Kirk? Log on early and post your question. We’ll get to as many as possible before Hinrich tees off at the Sioux City Country Club.

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This Thursday the Journal will chat live with Matt Chatham, Sioux City native, USD graduate and 9-year NFL standout for the New England Patriots and the New York Jets. The special teams player is currently a free agent.

Chatham is in Sioux City this week for Soft Bowl II, his celebrity softball event, and his guests for the charity event include Tim Dwight, Zeron Flemister, Russ Hochstein and Kate Gordon, among others.

Chatham will talk with the Journal’s Barry Poe about Soft Bowl II, his professional career and about life after Sioux City. He also will take your questions and comments during the event.

As is often the case, rules enacted in the NFL and college football have filtered down to the high school level.

The National Federation of State High School Associations recently voted to make the so-called “horse-collar” tackle illegal. Taking a player down by grabbing the inside collar of his shoulder pads or jersey now will be a personal foul that will be penalized 15 yards from the end of the run.

The NFL initially passed this rule after Roy Williams of the Cowboys hurt Terrell Owens, then with the Eagles, by dragging him down from behind. The NCAA enacted a similar rule last year.

At the high school level, the rule shouldn’t have that much of an impact. In 10 years of officiating high school football, I can’t remember ever seeing a horse-collar tackle.

Other rule changes include making it illegal to grab an opponents’ chin strap (never seen this happen either) and some new restrictions on coaches standing in the coaching box.