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

[lfalen]

Good point. I told my son when he was in High School that if he wanted to play football, I would support him, but I would prefer that hes didn't.  I have seen far  to many high school injuries that bothered people the rest of their lives. Jim Thorpe put and end to Eisenhower's football career.
Roger 
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From: "Dave McGraw" dave at elkrivertv.net
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:41:18 -0800
To: "Paul Rumelhart" godshatter at yahoo.com, "Art Deco" art.deco.studios at gmail.com,  vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] "Big Hits,Broken Dreams": Each Season 1 in 10 High School Football
PlayersSuffers Concussion

> 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?  
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> I bet they don't have this problem with Knowledge Bowl......
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> Talk to y'all later
> DMc
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> Dave McGraw
> 509-499-9944
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>   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
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>   How about focusing on less violent but still competitive sports such as tennis, golf, track, swimming, and baseball?
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>   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
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>   A safer outlet for testosterone is needed.
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>   Suggestions?
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>   w.
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>   On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     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.
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>     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:
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>     http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-sanjay-gupta/football-head-injuries-concussions_b_1231909.html
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>     Big Hits, Broken Dreams
>     Posted: 01/25/2012 4:21 pm
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>     Dr. Sanjay Gupta
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>     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.
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>     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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