Donations

I was looking around on the internet the other day and I came across an article that gave me some insight into what the league has been doing towards concussion research.  Here is the link to the article.  The article talks about how the charities the NFL has set up has donated almost a million dollars towards concussion research.  The exact number they donated was $988,224.  All of this money will go into research in "focusing on head injuries and neurological problems."  This is a huge step forward from 2009. In 2009, the NFL raised almost 1.5 million dollars from its charities but didn't give any of the money into research for brain injuries and such.  "The studies receiving grants from NFL Charities in 2010 include research on concussions in youth football players, the effects of concussions on brain cells and behavior, and dementia in retired NFL players."  After I read this quote I literally jumped for joy out of my seat because these were some of the things I have researched and talked about with my blog.  These donations are great for helping make the game we love a better one for the players.


The article also goes on to show how concussions are a difficult injury to diagnose because they don't show up on MRI or CT scans.  Doctors have to take into consideration the symptoms patients describe to them.  Which also brings up the problem of players hiding their symptoms so that they don't lose any more play time and so that they can get back on the field sooner.  But on a better note, as players are becoming more knowledgeable of concussions and aware of what they can do, more and more players are reporting when they suffer a concussion.