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

[Dave McGraw]

I often wonder about a high school sport that an ambulance has to be on hand before the game is allowed to start? and a lot of the time is used before the game ends?  

I bet they don't have this problem with Knowledge Bowl......

Talk to y'all later
DMc

Dave McGraw
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Rumelhart 
  To: Art Deco ; vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:27 AM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] "Big Hits,Broken Dreams": Each Season 1 in 10 High School Football PlayersSuffers Concussion


  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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