COALITION FOR CONCUSSION-FREE SCHOOLS
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"The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit surveyed 252 youth sports leagues across the Bay Area to determine whether teams are following California concussion laws. More than 80 percent of leagues, 207, wouldn’t share details on their safety protocols." https://t.co/fr1OqxQiUc

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) October 22, 2018
"I know that no helmet can ever prevent CTE.
I know that many athletes... die decades earlier than non-athletes, that many
of their final years
are spent living in a murky, painful
swamp of splitting headaches
and unending pain.


And yet, every Saturday,
I’m in the press box
or in the stands.
On Sunday,
​​I’m on my couch
​...tuned in….
 and I’m painfully aware
of what I’m condoning and encouraging
every week
​when I turn on the TV.

​And yet, I can’t stop.”
​
JULIA POE
dailytrojan.com 10/11/18 

The LARB Ball NFL Roundtable - Los Angeles Review of Books https://t.co/lLIcVYFQnM pic.twitter.com/8MjBlSoctv

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) October 16, 2018
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​​“The medical evidence that
football causes significant damage
to our teenagers
​ is overwhelming.

​The ongoing scientific debate
as to the nature and extent
of that damage
should not be used to justify continuing
to allow
​this damage
to happen.”


​Sarah Eitzman, Pediatrician


$5M concussion suit brought against Santa Fe ISD over football injury | SE Texas Record https://t.co/6iBWSkLhVp pic.twitter.com/BULWxILBr8

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) October 9, 2018
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​“Is that which is being done
anywhere close
to the dimensions of the problem?
That’s the real question.
And the answer is ‘no.’
The problem is science takes time,
and the games
are being played
tomorrow.
​You need to make decisions now.”

Ken Dryden 

Here's to tonight's #JohnDoeStrong
"A scary hit...player motionless on the field...long injury delay... waiting on an ambulance...teams coming together in prayer... game has been called."
"A freak accident...great display of sportsmanship...he was playing the game he loved..." pic.twitter.com/FMK4YWvz2r

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

High school football player Dylan Thomas has died.
The 16 year old linebacker from Griffin, GA had major brain trauma from a hit while playing a home game for Pike Co. in Zebulon on Friday night.
He was airlifted to Atlanta for surgery.
Condolences to family and friends. https://t.co/jap70m6joB

— Kent Johnson (@37919KJ) October 1, 2018
6 Years Old

Police: 6-year-old sustains head injury during football game https://t.co/ox8dduCsd2

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) October 1, 2018
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The cost
in suffering
& dollars
is ethically
indefensible.
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"Youth sports
are currently
designed to serve
​the interests
of adults."

Matt Bowers, Ph.D. 
Above the Law

In college football, a coach (boss) can batter a player (employee).

In any other profession, this would not be allowed and would be grounds for termination.

But then again, college football is not the bastion of ethical or moral high ground. https://t.co/QwaYABLE66

— Chris Yandle (@ChrisYandle) September 29, 2018

The behavior we see routinely exhibited by NCAA football coaches would not be tolerated in any other occupation or any other context. And it should not be there either. https://t.co/ezIoXjZBDm

— Joel Maxcy (@JoelMaxcy) September 29, 2018
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​Amateurism transforms
children
into unpaid laborers
who are routinely exploited
by an 
unregulated
and violent
​industry.
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Maryland's investigators learned that during meals and in the training room, players were shown graphic videos, violent imagery that included animals killing each other. “...animals eating other animals, pulling them apart," said one playerhttps://t.co/pCxzdS6DuI

— Rick Maese (@RickMaese) September 30, 2018

Extra running or "conditioning" (up-downs or bear crawls to the point of vomiting are favorites) is classic football punishment.
Make no mistake: It is physical torture that would be unconstitutional for any grownup court to mete out.

— Kent Johnson (@37919KJ) September 28, 2018
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Heartless and unacceptable:
"Asked if he was concerned about the Burleson student who suffered the concussion, Waco ISD Athletic director Tusa said, "It is my responsibility to be concerned about our players, not others in other school districts." https://t.co/6ZJCN3sCZR

— Kent Johnson (@37919KJ) September 27, 2018

Bartow High School football player remains hospitalized after brawl between rival teams during gamehttps://t.co/CiLSWBeTRH

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) October 13, 2018


Whether we are in
​an elevator,

a classroom, or a boardroom,
​we must demand
​those in power

confront ​the consequences
of their actions.

Nothing is more important to child athletes than Congress stepping up to take regulation out of the hands of the industry by creating an independent agency for oversight. Look at the sex abuse scandals, brain trauma epidemic & hazing in youth sports, it’s out of control.

— Kimberly Archie (@kimberlyarchie) September 24, 2018

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