[Vision2020] "Big Hits, Broken Dreams": Each Season 1 in 10 High School Football Players Suffers Concussion

[Paul Rumelhart]

How about focusing on less violent but still competitive sports such as tennis, golf, track, swimming, and baseball?

Paul



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 From: Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com>
To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] "Big Hits, Broken Dreams": Each Season 1 in 10 High School Football Players Suffers Concussion
 

A safer outlet for testosterone is needed.

Suggestions?

w.




On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:

Encouraging minors in high school to slam each other so hard they
>suffer brain injuries in officially sanctioned games, i. e. football,
>approved by administrators, teachers, parents, et. al. is
>unbelievable... certainly an expression of a culture somehow blind to
>its endorsement of violence, and the damages resulting.
>
>Neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta hosted a CNN special on this topic that
>aired tonight, and a video related to this report is offered at the
>following website:
>
>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-sanjay-gupta/football-head-injuries-concussions_b_1231909.html
>
>Big Hits, Broken Dreams
>Posted: 01/25/2012 4:21 pm
>
>Dr. Sanjay Gupta
>
>The more I have examined this subject, the more I have wanted to know
>about how concussion may be affecting young people who play the game.
>The statistics for concussion in younger players are startling.
>According to the Sports Concussion Institute in Los Angeles, each
>season one in ten high school football players gets a concussion, and
>about 35 percent of those sustains more than one concussion. Most
>players heal from these injuries, but a growing body of evidence
>suggests that repeated trauma can mean long-term memory problems,
>depression, and even early death - particularly when repeated trauma
>is sustained in quick succession, known as "second impact syndrome."
>I've met a few families that have borne these terrible consequences.
>And as a father, I really want to help parents, coaches, and young
>people know the risks - and perhaps the information can make a
>difference to someone.
>
>As a neuroscientist, I know that the adolescent brain is still
>developing. It's less resilient to concussion than the adult brain. I
>agree with Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, one of the country's leading
>researchers in this field that "concussion" is a word that we've come
>not to associate with the seriousness of what is better described as a
>brain injury. And I've met kids who just love the game so much; they
>underestimate their level of risk.
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