​"In my opinion,
a concussion is a permanent
​brain injury."
Dennis L. Molfese, Ph.D.

"One season
of football
in theory
could give
you
CTE."
Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. 

Preventable #concussion of the week: CA HS football player says he was forced to practice without a helmet vs. players with helmets. Collided, suffered #concussion, and was denied medical attention. If true, beyond being fired, what would coach deserve? https://t.co/YHRok4pBLX

— Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. (@ChrisNowinski1) July 31, 2018

Horrifying: "Benjamin Lopez, 17, collided at full speed with a teammate who was wearing a helmet...he said he became disoriented, nauseous and started vomiting. Lopez said he was put on the sidelines without receiving medical attention." https://t.co/WYv6ts9H9Z

— Dr Kathleen Bachynski (@bachyns) July 31, 2018

D1 Recruit 
Traveon Maddox Jr.
Chooses 
A Safer Option
Detroit Free Press  7/24/18

“He'll preserve his body
— and his brain --
more as a basketball player.

‘I want to be able to walk
​when I'm 40 years old,’
Maddox told the Free Press recently.
‘Before my shoulder injury (in high school),
I never really thought about it,
but after the injury,
all those things
came into play.
In college football,
​you're putting
​body parts at risk.’"​

Jahvid Best injury convinced Traveon Maddox Jr. to choose basketball https://t.co/NjlRwd7IrF

— Freep Sports (@freepsports) July 24, 2018

"Safe Games
 ​Save Brains"
Carol Bluestein & The Good Men Project  July 3, 2018

“Choose wisely when
it comes to deciding
on activities.
The decision you make,
for yourself
or your children,
is not only
​about this season
but about the rest
of your and their life.  
Have fun. Be passionate. Above all else,
​ be brain safe.”

Damage
Without
Symptoms​
Eureka Alert  July 3, 2018

#Biomarkers of #TBI found in the absence of clinical symptoms of #concussion. https://t.co/PqJqtWA5fN

— Neurology Times (@NeurologyTimes) July 3, 2018

Some of these “bio markers” for routine, subconcussive football brain trauma incurred by players at all levels are simply microscopic pieces of broken brain matter floating in the bloodstream.
Think about that as youth and high school football practice begins. https://t.co/uXHCzzCJME

— Kent Johnson (@37919KJ) July 3, 2018

One Hit ​
The Washington Post  July 2, 2018

"What’s left of Williams’s football career — constant headaches, memory loss, fits of depression, occasional rage — makes it hard for him to stay employed... Williams and the other former players are suing the NCAA for failing to educate and protect them." https://t.co/wiekBokAO7

— Dr Kathleen Bachynski (@bachyns) July 2, 2018

​"By that point
in Williams’s
​football career,
it was normal
to launch himself
at vulnerable opponents.
That is what
he was told
to do,
he says now,
as a Pop Warner player
in Phoenix,
a high school standout
in Stone Mountain, Ga.,
and eventually
a 6-foot-5, 216-pound
defensive end
at Alabama."

Addicted: 
We Need To Quit Football
The Spokesman-Review  July 1, 2018

“No other activity 
associated with our 
school system 
produces the kind of
​head trauma 
that football does, 
nor would one be tolerated. 
If trigonometry caused CTE, 
it would have been ripped screaming 
from the curricula
at high schools 
and colleges
​a decade ago.”

Schools & Tackle Football:
A Crisis of Conscience
Boulder Daily Camera 

"It is very much a moral dilemma for me now...
I don't want to watch it.
I don't want
to participate in it.
I don't believe that it has a good place
in the academic enterprise,
which is
​the
University of Colorado." 
CU Regent Linda Shoemaker

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Teen Suffering From Brain Trauma
 ​Apologizes For Violent Rampage
Omaha World Herald  7/26/18
​
“Pitzl took four hard hits
to the head during a football game
the night before the incident.
Before football season,
school tests indicated
Pitzl had suffered
a concussion previously.”

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