COALITION FOR CONCUSSION-FREE SCHOOLS
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The Reason
​For The Work​:

​"Youth sports are currently designed
​to serve the interests of adults." 
Matt Bowers, PhD
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Hezekiah Walters, the 14-year-old Tampa boy who collapsed on the Middleton High School football field while taking part in conditioning drills on Tuesday, had a body temperature of 102, a preliminary medical examiner's report says.@TB_Timeshttps://t.co/k0Y8UUMDkz

— Tony Marrero (@TMarreroTimes) June 13, 2019

"Unofficial" "High school football practice in Florida doesn’t officially begin until July 29. But some students start practicing in late spring or early summer during unofficial conditioning sessions that must be supervised, according to the newspaper." https://t.co/HREdrbBlP9

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) June 14, 2019

Northview High football player passes away https://t.co/fYpITN6RJb

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) February 6, 2019

Excellent investigative reporting from @RickMaese & @romanstu:
“I lost my love for the game,” former - linebacker Gus Little
“What was supposed to be a dream turned into a nightmare,”-Kimberly Daniels, the mother of two former MD players. https://t.co/oi20Cz34Gt

— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) September 30, 2018

Allen Harris  
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PREP FOOTBALL: Not every game's a rivalry clash | Sports | https://t.co/pO1dUDmpoh https://t.co/h2psoTVLZz pic.twitter.com/U7LzyLB76d

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) September 14, 2018



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​Stockholm Syndrome
In Sports?
Charles Bachand & Nikki Djak
Explain
Above the Law

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

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
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The death toll for 2018 preseason and in-season football conditioning, practice, and competition stands at eight.
The average for the last decade is 16 football deaths per year. pic.twitter.com/ZhuNjS9Pce

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

Family, friends hold vigil for Tatum football player | https://t.co/QavedhjiSY https://t.co/LXXXsFgWzo pic.twitter.com/Btsc0uplZx

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) August 20, 2018

Rice football star died of effects from opioid, coroner rules https://t.co/pXulw7uozf via @ABC13Houston

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) June 20, 2018

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

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) October 1, 2018

KC family questioning Center High’s treatment of football player with broken neckhttps://t.co/8Z2DZ2eUA4

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) August 31, 2018

Dennis Mitchell's death raises the question: Why wasn't an athletic trainer there? https://t.co/pMx9U6BOBK

— Commercial Appeal (@memphisnews) August 28, 2018
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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

Awful news. Maryland football sophomore Jordan McNair died today. He collapsed & was hospitalized following a football team workout on May 29. There needs to be transparency & accountability for how this young athlete died from training. @patrick_hruby https://t.co/5MLteDERSn

— Dr Kathleen Bachynski (@bachyns) June 13, 2018

1st reported catastrophic football injury by impact of this very young season.
Senior cornerback Jeffery Cox of Houston County HS, TN lies paralyzed at Vanderbilt Medical Center after he injured his spine attempting a tackle in s scrimmage last Friday https://t.co/Jw8KfLIV3P

— Kent Johnson (@37919KJ) August 8, 2018

Jeremiah Williams is the third fatality in Mississippi High School Football this season.
Report: High school player tragically dies from injuries sustained in game https://t.co/mYVzSI54gX

— Kent Johnson (@37919KJ) November 10, 2018
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This is not the sound of brains being saved. This is the sound of the NFL continuing to pretend that there's some way that helmets can make tackling safe for player brains. There isn't. Helmets protect skulls, but don't prevent concussions. @prof_goldberg https://t.co/PbwjdW07X2

— Dr Kathleen Bachynski (@bachyns) September 1, 2018

This is an appalling, unnecessary, and preventable child death: “A 14-year-old River Bluff High School student died in August 2016 after his football coaches punished the team with a series of sprints and strenuous exercises in 95-degree heat.” https://t.co/q6MF9tToaE

— Dr Kathleen Bachynski (@bachyns) June 19, 2018
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Children must be able to play, study and grow in a peaceful environment. Woe to anyone who stifles their joyful impulse to hope!

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 12, 2018

09/16/14 #PatrickRisha #suicide #BrainDamage #CTE #football #saveyourbrain #FacesofCTE pic.twitter.com/kP8Ra4zrIx

— Debra Pyka (@DebbiePyka) September 16, 2018

A 12-year-old football player is in serious condition after being struck in the head via helmet-to-helmet contact during a game on Saturday, according to Lauderhill Fire Rescue. @kimberlyarchie @37919KJ @NFLObjectors https://t.co/hH9NHMzOp5

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) November 4, 2018

“Livingston Junior High School player Jeremiah Jefferson, 13, was paralyzed and hospitalized due to a head-on collision... “Jeremiah’s fifth vertebra in his neck was shattered instantaneously. He lost any ability to move from the chest down.” https://t.co/gUZdAs0WZc

— Dr Kathleen Bachynski (@bachyns) November 21, 2018


​Amateurism transforms
children
into unpaid laborers
who are routinely exploited
by an 
unregulated
and violent
​industry.
We undertake this work in order to prevent unnecessary suffering.

​Hand-to-hand activism can change minds.


Like Devin Shivers
who quit tackle football at the age of 17.
After learning the facts about brain injuries, 
Shivers knew
it was time to call it quits.
"My health is more important than just a game."

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Seven years ago today, Kris & I received the devastating news that our beloved son #DerekSheely was mortally wounded playing football. Concussions are brain damage. Please honor Derek today by saying his name or telling a story about him. pic.twitter.com/FQxQryNNdH

— Sheely (@sheely40) August 22, 2018

Remembering #PaulBrightJr Sept.1 2014 #FacesofCTE #braindamage #football #CTE #saveyourbrain #24forever #neurological #son #brother #grandson #friend pic.twitter.com/dujtrSDfqg

— Debra Pyka (@DebbiePyka) September 1, 2018
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Joshua Mileto, 16, 
died on August 10, 2017.


Carlos Sanchez, 16,
​died on October 22nd, 2017.

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2017          
NORTH ANDOVER, MA. -- On 11/10/17 Gabe DeSouza
taken from the field in an ambulance.


COLUMBUS, IN. -- Junior quarterback Trenton Kelley
had to have his spleen removed.
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FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. -- Jared Troyano, 17, suffered
a concussion on August 25th, 2017.
His mother, Amy: "What happened to Jared
was what I feared most
."


OAKHURST, CA. -- Peter ‘PJ’ Kuzmitski,
4-foot-11, 110 pound 9th grader,
lost his right leg below the knee
after a horrible injury during a Sept. 27 football practice.


BROOMFIELD, CO. -- Sophomore, Cameron Shelly
was temporarily paralyzed
after suffering a spinal injury
during football practice.


HILLSBOROUGH, NC -- Thys Oldenburg, 14,
injured in a football game on 10/12
emerged from a coma on 11/20.


CHARLO, MONTANA: -- Nick Daugherty
HS Sophomore
“He went to the ICU with a football concussion.
Two months later, he’s still out of school.”


ELDON, MO: -- Hunter Bushnell
suffered a severe spinal injury
in practice on 9/20/17
and is paralyzed from the chest down. 


PITTSBORO, NC: -- Hillside High School football player Corey Mitchell,
released from hospital.


GLASGOW, KY: -- Tanner Slagle
was transported from the field
on a backboard, into an ambulance.


MISHAWAKA, IN: -- Alex Fish taken from field on stretcher.

FORTUNA, CA: -- Bailey Foley’s football injury was suffered on 8/25/17.
“It was more than a month before Foley could fully speak
and even now his voice is soft and raspy. In hours of therapy a day,
he’s relearning simple motor skills: how to brush his teeth,
how to put on a shirt, how to walk.”


MONTGOMERY, AL: — On 10/24/17 C.J. Knight
suffered a severe neck injury during practice

and was airlifted to Children's Hospital in Birmingham
where he underwent two surgeries.
​As of 11/2, C.J. was paralyzed from the chest down
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--Activists recount a week of suffering.--​
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Along with an untold number 
whose injuries
are unnoticed and uncared for.​
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