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Review impact of NCAA, NFL collaboration to address concussion concerns
Author(s) -
O'Brien Timothy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
college athletics and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7579
pISSN - 1552-8774
DOI - 10.1002/catl.30629
Subject(s) - chronic traumatic encephalopathy , concussion , seriousness , athletes , perspective (graphical) , medicine , mouthguard , traumatic brain injury , head injury , american football , physical medicine and rehabilitation , football , physical therapy , psychiatry , medical emergency , poison control , injury prevention , political science , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
The potential liability for head‐trauma‐related injuries has increased significantly during the last 20 years. From a medical perspective, the level of seriousness of a concussion, known as a traumatic brain injury, varies from player to player and contact to contact. From a legal perspective, the discovery and ensuing national discussion about chronic traumatic encephalopathy became a game‐changer. CTE is a progressive, chronic, degenerative brain disease that develops from repeated blows to the head. Its existence and/or potential emergence in current and former student‐athletes has increased the litigation stakes immeasurably and placed each school's approach to head safety and concussion injury and treatment under a microscope.