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What is the Latest Word on Concussions?
Here is a short summary, that includes references to rugby.
http://au.sports.yahoo.com/rugby/news/article/-/19...
What are your thoughts on how traumatic brain injuries should be managed at levels in which you play (played)? Are we doing better? How could we be doing better?
Thanks in advance.
Mark L
@BLM: Thanks for the NYT link - it is better than the one I used. For the younger players out there: this is NOT just an issue for old farts at the professional level. Or only men. I'm just over the hill from Stanford, and there was a great article a couple of weeks ago about two college women (scholarship students), one in football (soccer) and the other in basketball, who had to retire form their sports before their senior year because of multiple concussions.
The only route forward I see is to hold referees responsible for the decision. Add training, of course; probably require that he/she confer with the senior medical officer on the pitch. But make the decision the referee's and the ref's alone. No argument and no appeal. Hey, under US law the ref is probably liable in any event, so just give him the tools he needs.
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- blmLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
It gets worse Mark: you might want to check out this recent article in the New York Times ( http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/sports/soccer/ti... ). What's shocking is the cavalier attitude that both coaches and players are taking to the issue.
The fact of the matter is that the entire culture has to change As things stand now there is so much pressure on the players and the coaching staff to encourage a player to "tough it out" or "show character". Play right now; worry about dementia later. You need doctors on the field who aren't answerable to either the players or the clubs, and willing to use their authority to remove a player from the game when there is the slightest question of whether or not they are concussed. However, I haven't the slightest idea of how to give them that authority and motivate them to use it.
No easy answers.
