{"id":25,"date":"2009-10-05T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-05T11:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-and-brain-injury.html"},"modified":"2009-10-05T11:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-05T11:38:00","slug":"nfl-and-brain-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-and-brain-injury.html","title":{"rendered":"NFL and Brain Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"From the NFL and its Players Association:<br \/><br \/><blockquote>NFLPA ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF<br \/>CONCUSSION AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY COMMITTEE<br \/><br \/>For the past few months, the NFL Players Association, led by Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, President Kevin Mawae, Medical Director Dr. Thom Mayer and Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Sean Morey, has been working on compiling support for a special committee to address the issue of head trauma among professional football players. Today, the NFLPA announces the formation of the Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Committee.<br \/><br \/>The NFLPA Concussion and TBI Committee will address two fundamental, timely and critical issues facing professional football players: first, the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of concussions and TBI in active players; and second, the long-term cumulative effects of isolated or repetitive TBI in NFL players as patients in order to discover how these effects can be reduced and eliminated.<br \/><br \/>DeMaurice Smith issued a statement saying, \u201cThe health, safety and welfare of our players is never just an issue of collective bargaining. While we have already raised this issue in the CBA negotiations and Dr. Mayer participated in the first meeting, this committee and the work we do around the health and safety of our players will extend much further. The creation of this committee was designed to bring both independence and expertise to the ongoing analysis of serious head injuries so we can better protect our players. I am confident that Sean Morey and Dr. Mayer will lead this team to gather more comprehensive data and provide real solutions for our players, both past and present.\u201d<br \/><br \/>The Concussion and TBI Committee will be co-chaired by Sean Morey and Dr. Mayer. It will also be comprised of other active players, former players, researchers in the field of TBI and physicians with expertise in neurological injuries.<br \/><br \/>Joanna Comfort<br \/>Communications Coordinator, Communications<br \/><br \/>1133 20th Street, NW<br \/>Washington, DC 20036<br \/>(P) (202) 756-9170<br \/>(F) (202) 756-9310<br \/>NFLPLAYERS.COM<br \/><\/blockquote><blockquote><\/blockquote><br \/><br \/>The words read good on paper.  I will start to believe the NFL when I don&#8217;t see players going back into the same game that they suffer a concussion.  We can&#8217;t know the severity of a concussion the same day as the injury because brain injury is a &#8220;process not an event&#8221;.  See <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tbilaw.com\">http:\/\/blog.tbilaw.com<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the NFL and its Players Association:NFLPA ANNOUNCES FORMATION OFCONCUSSION AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY COMMITTEEFor the past few months, the NFL Players Association, led by Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, President Kevin Mawae, Medical Director Dr. Thom Mayer and Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Sean Morey, has been working on compiling support for a special committee to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,4,15,7,16],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brain-injury","tag-brain-injury-attorney","tag-football-brain-injuries","tag-nfl-and-brain-injuries","tag-sport-and-concussion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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