Word: concussional
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The NFL has finally acknowledged the potential long-term consequences of concussions and taken first steps toward addressing the problem. Now an NFL player who sustains a concussion cannot return to the game that day. Since 2007 the NFL and its players' union have spent some $7 million on health...
Can the government intervene now? President Obama has in the past expressed support for a playoff system in college football - a goal whose gravity and significance pale in comparison with the goal of reducing the number of brain injuries occurring at all levels of football. Congress has rarely hesitated to...
The goal is to prohibit head games. "The No. 1 thing: take the purposeful helmet hit out of football, for both blocking and tackling," says Dr. Robert Cantu, one of the country's premier concussion experts and a co-founder of Sports Legacy Institute. That goes for running backs as...
Hall of Fame coach and legendary broadcaster John Madden, whom NFL commissioner Roger Goodell appointed to help solve the concussion problem, has spent his first year out of the booth developing smart reforms. He points out that today's players wear less padding than they did in the past, either...
3. Change youth football. Chris Nowinski is a former Harvard defensive tackle whose pro-wrestling career - he didn't want to sit in a cubicle - was derailed by concussions. He has since emerged as one of the country's most prominent advocates for football reform and has written a book...