Baseline Concussion Testing

www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/league-of-denial/ Sobering indictment of the NFL regarding CTE (form of dementia), and how the NFL held back on medical research indicating repetitive blows to the head could result in permanent brain damage. The NFL was compared to Big Tobacco Companies denying the health effects of smoking. The NFL paid out $765 million to settle lawsuits. The NHL has to take a serious look at reducing head injuries because of the financial risk associated with defending similar law suits. The NHL can't ignore CTE in enforcers, and the day is coming when hockey will ban fighting! The new rules of mandatory face shields, and penalizing players that remove their helmets during fights, are the beginning of the end for the enforcer. I see the day when full face cages, as in college hockey, will be required in the NHL. abcnews.go.com/Health/cte-degenerative-brain-disease-found-34-pro-football/story?id=17869457
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