<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>How about focusing on less violent but still competitive sports such as tennis, golf, track, swimming, and baseball?</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Paul<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Art Deco <art.deco.studios@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 30, 2012 9:49 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] "Big Hits, Broken Dreams": Each Season 1 in 10 High
School Football Players Suffers Concussion<br> </font> </div> <br><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id="yiv1682813863">A safer outlet for testosterone is needed.<br><br>Suggestions?<br><br>w.<br><br><br><br><div class="yiv1682813863gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Ted Moffett <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">starbliss@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="yiv1682813863gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Encouraging minors in high school to slam each other so hard they<br>
suffer brain injuries in officially sanctioned games, i. e. football,<br>
approved by administrators, teachers, parents, et. al. is<br>
unbelievable... certainly an expression of a culture somehow blind to<br>
its endorsement of violence, and the damages resulting.<br>
<br>
Neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta hosted a CNN special on this topic that<br>
aired tonight, and a video related to this report is offered at the<br>
following website:<br>
<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-sanjay-gupta/football-head-injuries-concussions_b_1231909.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-sanjay-gupta/football-head-injuries-concussions_b_1231909.html</a><br>
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Big Hits, Broken Dreams<br>
Posted: 01/25/2012 4:21 pm<br>
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta<br>
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The more I have examined this subject, the more I have wanted to know<br>
about how concussion may be affecting young people who play the game.<br>
The statistics for concussion in younger players are startling.<br>
According to the Sports Concussion Institute in Los Angeles, each<br>
season one in ten high school football players gets a concussion, and<br>
about 35 percent of those sustains more than one concussion. Most<br>
players heal from these injuries, but a growing body of evidence<br>
suggests that repeated trauma can mean long-term memory problems,<br>
depression, and even early death - particularly when repeated trauma<br>
is sustained in quick succession, known as "second impact syndrome."<br>
I've met a few families that have borne these terrible consequences.<br>
And as a father, I really want to help parents, coaches, and young<br>
people know the risks - and perhaps the information can make a<br>
difference to someone.<br>
<br>
As a neuroscientist, I know that the adolescent brain is still<br>
developing. It's less resilient to concussion than the adult brain. I<br>
agree with Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, one of the country's leading<br>
researchers in this field that "concussion" is a word that we've come<br>
not to associate with the seriousness of what is better described as a<br>
brain injury. And I've met kids who just love the game so much; they<br>
underestimate their level of risk.<br>
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