All posts tagged 'NFL and concussion'

George Koonce and Michael McCrea discuss concussions

Posted on January 30th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

  Former Green Bay Packers linebacker George Koonce joined experts with the Medical College of Wisconsin for a panel held at  Marquette University focusing on concussions and their impact on athletes. “I know when I played, a lot of coaches, administrators and players looked at it as being soft – because..
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Seau’s Family Rethinks Donating His Brain, Consults Samoan Elders

Posted on May 7th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Ex-NFL player Junior Seau’s brain may not wind up being donated for research, according to various press reports Monday. Seau was Samoan, and his family were slated to meet with elders from their culture before they made a final decision on letting his brain be studied by researchers. Seau, 43,..
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Concussion Wouldn’t Stop Dielman From Pursuing A Super Bowl Win

Posted on January 5th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Chargers Dielman Says His Concussions Would Stop Him Football has been called a gladiator sport, and it inspires the kind of bravado that San Diego Chargers Kris Dielman recently expressed. In an interview with the Associated Press Dielman,  who was benched for 10 games after he sustained a concussion, said he would be..
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New York Giants ‘Clarify’ Concussion History Of Tight End Kevin Boss

Posted on September 13th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

It looks like some NFL teams will do anything to keep a player on the field — including apparently not being forthcoming  about whether a player sustained a concussion. The New York Giants organization should be a bit ashamed about their comments — and lack of transparency — last year about tight end Kevin Boss,..
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NFL Owns Up To Dangers Of Concussions In New Locker Room Poster

Posted on July 28th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

I wonder to what extent the National Football League has really changed its stance on concussions. The league, long criticized for downplaying and denying the long-term damage of of concussions, is making a poster for team locker rooms that will spell out rather frankly the dangers of brain injury, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/sports/football/27concussion.html?ref=football..
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