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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Has concussion treatment improved in the NFL?

This past NFL season, there seemed to be a lot more conversation revolving around the concussion debate. I recently just read an article on ESPN's website that goes through some cases of players that suffered concussions during the 2010 season and what they think the NFL has done to improve concussion treatment.  This is a link to the article.

The league is actually doing some things to help improve treatment for players that receive concussions.  The NFL has made so that any player who has a concussion during the game has to receive a sideline examination.  All 32 teams have had this standardization added to their sidelines.  This is a substantial step forward for the league especially from previous years.  This is an action from the league that actually shows they are trying to help this problem and protect the players, which of course is the most important aspect of the game.  Even though most of us love to watch the game, we wouldn't be able to watch it if we continue to lose players due to the injuries they receive, especially from head injuries.  Even Jon Madden's video game has implemented a tactic into the game where a person suffers a concussion in the game, he gets tagged as a "no go" because of the injury and the affects it can have on the player the following weeks.

I also want to post a radio recording that Mike Tirico, an analyst for ESPN, did in 2009 that talks about concussions and everything surrounding them.  Here's a link to that recording.  I think that it does a really great job at showing the implications concussions can have on the brain and on the lives of the players affected by them.


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