By John Kass – With all that college beef on parade this week, the NFL draft is a wonder of sports marketing, a televised pageant for the multibillion-dollar American football industry. But there’s something football fans should know: Football is dead in America. Even through all the chatter and cheerleading and media hype, football as [...]
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NFL general counsel Jeff Pash says he expects independent neurological consultants to be on sidelines during games next season to help diagnose and treat concussions. Speaking at a pre-Super Bowl news conference Thursday, Pash explained that the doctors would not be paid by the clubs or hired as team physicians. There [...]
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Student-athletes at Iowa’s three state universities suffered twice as many concussions in practice as they did in games or competitions in 2011-2012, according to a Gazette review. Concussions are more likely during games, but student-athletes spend more time in practice, so the numbers are higher in those sessions, said Dr. Andy Peterson, director of the [...]
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Dr. DeAnn Fitzgerald calls concussions the “invisible injury.” “Sports, cheerleading – any time you’re upright,” an athlete can be at risk of a concussion or brain injury, Fitzgerald said. A conference that begins Friday explores the treatment of concussions, especially among student athletes. Tackling Concussions: More than Meets the Eye is scheduled for Friday, Feb. [...]
continue »By The Gazette Editorial Board — The National Football League is getting more serious about concussions, the most common head injury in sports. On Friday, the NFL, after recent reports about long-term brain damage from concussions, announced new return-to-play guidelines and concussion assessment tools. Good. Yet such efforts are even more important at the high [...]
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By Kay Graber – On Dec. 7, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed into law a “return to play” bill requiring coaches of youth contact sports to immediately pull out a player with signs of concussion from competition. The player must have clearance from a doctor or health professional trained to monitor neurological health before [...]
continue »LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Emergency room visits for school-age athletes with concussions has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting the intensity of kids’ sports has increased along with awareness of head injuries. The findings in a study of national data don’t necessarily mean that concussions are on the rise. However, many children [...]
continue »By Randy Covitz McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner isn’t sure where the retirement talk began. “No idea,” Warner says of reports circulating that he plans to hang it up after the playoffs. Warner may be 38, but if he continues to perform at the level of last week’s wild 51-45 overtime win [...]
continue »CHRIS JENKINS AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Linebacker Aaron Kampman does not blame the Green Bay Packers’ coaches and medical staff for him playing most of Sunday’s game with a head injury. Kampman took a blow to his head on the fourth play of Green Bay’s loss at Tampa Bay, but played [...]
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