football helmets, which, according to topclassactions.com, is under a class action lawsuit by former college football players claiming, “they suffered permanent brain injuries due to their use of Riddell helmets.” due to “ the safety and effectiveness of its football helmets.”, or lack ...
Statistics related to concussions as of February 1, 2014 are presented including the number of concussions occurring each year in the U.S. from professional and recreational sports, the amount of money the U.S. National Football League (NFL) ag...
We make two main contributions to the literature on work-related injury risk and economic outcomes in the context of American professional football. One is
Statistics show that concussions occur most in football and hockey. Over the years the mentality about concussions has changed and it’s taken very seriously. The protective equipment has gotten a lot better over the years. The long-term effects are just starting to be known. The statistics of...
Sounds familiar, these steps, a practical recitation of talking points for contemporary “safer football” promoted by the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell, in face of lawsuit frenzy against the league and sport in general, along with festering disgust in the public. ...
When I think of Brain related injuries in sports my mind automatically gravitates towards football. As for most Americans that's the case the hard-hitting contact sport is a household name the NFL (National football league). In actuality concussions are very common in every sport such as MLB...
Q. What football likes to do; this is what I learned in 20 years in the anti-doping issue, where we have so-called testing, and protection of players against drug use. Foremost, it’s very clear now, according to a host of experts worldwide, that so-called testing for steroids is ...
Sports concussions are an acute case because so much attention and funding has followed pro football. Most obviously, while the NFL's concussion studies have been riddled with junk science and conflicts of interest, the league has helped tilt research toward helmeted sports. Last September it pled...
“If only she knew then that her son would be dead at 25. Joseph hung himself in his mother's shed on June 7, 2012. His brain was later found to have severe CTE, a degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions in football. Joseph Chernach had played sports, including...
Most football fans have seen players get hit so hard they can barely walk back to the sideline. All too often, those players are back on the field just a few plays later, despite suffering what appears to be a head injury. While football-related concussions have been top of mind in rece...