Football Concussions an Oklahoma Concern
From an op-ed I wrote that appeared in The Oklahoman:
Just as the Iraq War has drawn attention to the plight of civilian brain injury survivors, the concussion findings have encouraged a rally of public health advocacy that centers on preventing sports-related concussions by knowing how to avoid them, treat them and keep them from happening again.
Until August of last year, there wasn’t a single coach in any youth athletics program, college sports department or professional sports association in America who was required to know the proper response to a concussion. That all changed recently in Oregon with “Max’s Law,” which requires coaches to complete training that helps them identify sports-related concussions.
It took the catastrophic injury of a high school quarterback in Oregon to bring reform in that state. Must an Oklahoma college football star die from a brain injury before we employ the appropriate safety measures?
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