Two of Too Many

"He got hit simultaneously while catching the ball from the front and back in a way that it basically crushed his liver," Brian Haugen said.https://t.co/czZkKMfcmH

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) May 31, 2019

We will Never Forget You, Carlos Sanchez. Let his death Educate us to the dangers of playing FB our kids' lives depend on it! #1LOSSISTOOMANY #CARLOSSTRONG March 8 2001 - October 21,2017 pic.twitter.com/pSEEB77Cxy

— Yvette Carlon (@YvetteCarlon) June 22, 2019

Win At What Cost?

“It should go without saying that the health of amateur athletes who compete for colleges and universities is far more important than winning or losing. Yet all too often schools act as if the reverse is true.” https://t.co/gXxTNdvqJo

— Dr Kathleen Bachynski (@bachyns) May 26, 2019

Three former UCLA football players have sued the school and former coach Jim Mora, alleging their injuries were mishandled.

(via @latbbolch) https://t.co/YNhVZ00ooM

— Nathan Fenno (@nathanfenno) May 31, 2019

Blood biomarker shows high school football brain damage "S100B increase was correlated with subconcussive head impact exposure, suggesting that acute astrocyte damage may be induced in an impact-dependent manner."https://t.co/jYsxsjWTd4

— Kent Johnson (@37919KJ) May 21, 2019

Breaking: Harvard study finds former NFL players are 3x more likely to die from degenerative brain diseases than MLB players. 1st death study to control for "healthy worker effect." https://t.co/iz6zggbiSX via @statnews

— Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. (@ChrisNowinski1) May 24, 2019

Coaches get paid to win and grow the fanbase. Keeping players safe isn't part of their contracts.

— Jim Hoffman (@JimH5) May 31, 2019

Please, Leave The Kids Out Of This

When will the NFL stop promoting children's tackle football? The NFL is encouraging kids to give themselves brain damage and disease in order to make a few new fans to sell its shirts and hats to, like the tobacco industy selling candy cigarettes and Joe Camel to future smokers. https://t.co/aFJyEZfwyt

— TakingHayekSeriously (@FriedrichHayek) May 24, 2019

Parents, something to consider when helping your elite young athletes choose a sport.
Compare the "risks" vs the "benefits" over a lifetime.

Football careers are the most likely to end in injury,
and without long term medical care. https://t.co/rQ7SXEB6rp

— Kent Johnson (@37919KJ) May 24, 2019

Quantifying Risks and Benefits of major boys' high school sports:
Football scores high on psychosocial benefit, between soccer and basketball; abysmally on both safety and physical activity.
□ Dead last overall.
Aspen Institute study. @ConcernedMom9 https://t.co/boWTBnVe05 pic.twitter.com/wljKnG3AXD

— Kent Johnson (@37919KJ) October 12, 2018

It's not just numbers, but also ethics & values. "What is the goal of youth sports? Is your child playing youth sports because you want them to one day make an Olympic team? Or are they playing sports so they can have fun and physical activity, and be part of a community?" https://t.co/B1AmxKmWCM

— Dr Kathleen Bachynski (@bachyns) May 31, 2019

Ignorance, Negligence, Obfuscation

The problem with padding and helmets is, while it seems logical, it doesn't provide intracranial stabilization #UMconcussion pic.twitter.com/jgiohUWoBb

— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) May 31, 2019

"Since the mid-1990s, numerous studies have shown that industry-funded research tends to favor its sponsors’ products." https://t.co/i7vQOhJOYa

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) May 2, 2019

 

​​PREVENTION 
MUST BECOME 
A PRIORITY

Troubling news out of a Stanford-led longitudinal study of college football player brains. The hippocampus, which plays an important role in memory, was not only smaller in FB players vs. controls at baseline, it was even smaller at the 5-year follow up. https://t.co/d4TUIeLf9n

— Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. (@ChrisNowinski1) May 23, 2019

2017 "If I knew back then what I know now,’’ Jackson tells USA TODAY, “I would have never played football. Never. I wish I had known about all of those head injuries, but no one knew that. And the people that did know that, they wouldn’t tell anybody." https://t.co/F6qpWDOZl7

— Stephen T Casper (@TheNeuroTimes) May 27, 2019

35 high school players have been killed by hits during games in this "Safer Than Ever" decade.
That's only 2 fewer traumatic deaths than in the years 1999-2008.
The last year without a high school football death by direct contact was 1994.
(NCCSIR)
RIP Carlos https://t.co/XEPw2MiWYy

— Kent Johnson (@37919KJ) May 16, 2019

Concussions: Traumatic brain injury can go beyond physical to mental illnesshttps://t.co/XB3yjeDqo8

— Kimberly Archie (@kimberlyarchie) May 27, 2019

PREVENTABLE SUFFERING

Simply put: if people think that reporting a concussion will make their life worse, they don’t want to do it. While seemingly fairly simple, it’s important to understand the “why” of concussion reporting better, if we want to develop better interventions.

— Chris D'Lauro (@CogNerd) May 6, 2019

This video should be required viewing for all participants in collision sports#Dementia #TBI #NHL #StanleyCupPlayoffs2019 https://t.co/W29S4ABJdg

— Daniel Carcillo (@CarBombBoom13) May 19, 2019

“Austin Box was a star high school athlete in Enid, Okla., where he suffered the 1st of a string of football injuries...He received a prescription for 1 opioid painkiller, w/no refills...
Gail Box believes that’s all it took for her son to become addicted” https://t.co/USw5guNt4b

— Dr Kathleen Bachynski (@bachyns) May 28, 2019

​From Another 2019 Complaint:
​
"Notre Dame coaches and trainers
distributed Schedule II, III and IV prohibited drugs 'openly in jars
and buckets without any supervision, prescriptions, controls or required record-keeping.' Specifically, the complaint says, coaches and trainers dispensed such controlled substances as Codeine, Oxycodone, Indocin, Vicodin, Valium, Supac &
an analgesic cream used on racehorses."

We will not resolve the problems of TBI and collision sports by better technology.

HEALTH IS A SOCIAL PROBLEM, NOT A TECHNICAL ONE. https://t.co/NeVoVaGXVk

— Daniel Goldberg (@prof_goldberg) May 16, 2019

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