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NFL works with the Army to combat concussions.
WEST POINT, N.Y. -- The NFL and U.S. Army have teamed up on a long-term program to care for and prevent concussions and head trauma, as well as other health issues.
Commissioner Roger Goodell and General Raymond T. Odierno, the Army Chief of Staff, announced the initiative at the U.S. Military Academy on Thursday.
Goodell and Odierno cited the common traits between soldiers and football players, particularly when dealing with stressful situations that can lead to injury.
"We can bring greater awareness not just to our two organizations, but to the general public," Goodell said of the program. "We will do all we can to get our players and the soldiers to under what each other goes through. We'll work to change our cultures by working closely together."
Changing the culture is the biggest test, Goodell and Odierno said during a panel discussion on safety before nearly 200 cadets. Odierno even admitted he would have struggled to take himself out of combat with a non-visible injury such as a concussion. But he recognizes the need for leaders who will overrule the injured person.
"That is our most difficult challenge," Odierno said. "We all base ourselves on the warrior ethos and the soldiers' creed as soldiers. If you have a problem and you identify it, to me that is courageous, too. But self-selection is really difficult. There has to be a bond to take care of each other."
Goodell echoed that approach.
"We understand the risk involved when you play any sport and we want people to share the responsibility," Goodell said. "It's not just the player injured who has to raise his hand. It's the coaches, his teammates."
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Ever see the guy who's helmet gets knocked off smash his head into another player? No you haven't and you never will. Go back to leather helmets, right now you're just building weapons. I played a lot of sand lot football as a kid and no one ever lead with their head.Originally Posted by Cigar
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It's time to boycott the N F L
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If I were a Pop Warner coach I would tell my kids to ignore the tackling techniques ( if they can be truly called that) they observed on TV. NFL tackling is about entertainment not quality football. Watch all the missed tackles from defenders failing to wrap up the runner
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Tryin' to make football safer...
Texas to launch massive youth-athlete concussion study
December 11, 2016 — This week, Texas will launch what state officials say is the nation's largest effort to track brain injuries among young athletes.
The University Interscholastic League, Texas' governing body for public high school sports, is partnering with the O'Donnell Brain Institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center for the project, from which they hope to gauge whether rules or equipment changes are improving player safety and what more can be done to protect athletes. A state as large as Texas, which has more than 800,000 public high school athletes, would be a key step in developing a national database of brain injuries in youths, officials say. Already, the federal Centers of Disease Control and Prevention is seeking federal funding for such a database. "Until we understand what the frequency of concussions is across the state, or a region of the state, we can't determine when rule changes, equipment changes or things like recovery programs are really being effective," said Dr. Munro Cullum, a professor of psychiatry, neurology and neurotherapeutics who will lead the study.
All 50 states in recent years have passed rules or laws to address concussions in youth athletics from research to protocols for identifying concussions and setting rules for return to play. The CDC has estimated that up to 3.8 million concussions occur in sports and recreational activities each year, but some experts wonder if those numbers underestimate total brain injuries, as some individuals may not seek treatment for mild or moderate symptoms. The Texas program will track about two-dozen sports, from football to girls' soccer, recording what caused an injury, recovery time and other data. Other states have researched head injuries, too.
Mansfield Lake Ridge running back Joseph Rowe (44) is tackled by Richmond George Ranch's Toby Ndukwe (40) and Myles Thompson (22) during the Texas UIL 5A Division I state high school championship football game in Houston. Texas is set to launch what state officials call the nation's largest effort to track brain injuries among youth and high school athletes, and hopes to use the data to gauge where rules and equipment changes are improving player safety.
In Michigan, which requires schools to report concussions, a recent concussion study showed 755 schools reported 4,452 head injuries in the 2015-2016 school year. Football had the most— 1,907 — and girls' basketball ranked No. 2 with 454. It tracked details such as whether the injury occurred in practice or a game, whether the athlete had to miss class and how long it took them to return to competition. That research is being shared with Michigan State University's Institute for the Study of Youth Sports.
The Texas study will collect more concussion data than it has before, University Interscholastic League deputy director Jamey Harrison said. Currently, requires only one school from each district report concussions as part of a weekly injury reporting system, though each school in the football playoffs is required to report concussions. "Right now it's a sample that is just a snapshot. It's not scientific," Harrison said. "We need to move beyond that."
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It the NFL was serious about player safety, they wouldn't have Thursday night games which only gives players three days of recovery between games. Plus they would not be considering expanding the regular season to 18 games. Their commitment to player safety is just lip service.
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Yes, the advances in equipment has enabled players to use their body as a weapon in a sense.
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