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		<title>Evan Weiner: Is high school football an endangered species?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted with the express consent of Evan Weiner: THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS . Wednesday, 9 May 2011 . BY EVAN WEINER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY . It is that time of the year when school boards have to get budgets in place for the new school calendar and the 2012-13 school year. The people who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pictures from Our 2012 IFV Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to our friend, Jennifer Thibeaux, we have a great collection of photographs from our well-attended Second Annual Independent Football Veterans Conference held April 20 &#8211; 22 2012 at The South Point Resort in Las Vegas. Videos and PowerPoints to follow shortly! . Here&#8217;s the slideshow from flickr  (there&#8217;s an enlarge button in the lower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 IFV Conference Schedule and Panelists</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With so many areas to cover this year at our Second Annual Independent Football Veterans Conference, we’ve adopted a broadcast format and assembled discussion panels with audience participation instead of individual speakers for the most part. Each panel will be broadcast as a separate topic covering the most important issues and questions retired players want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Visger: An Open Letter to DeMaurice Smith</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Visger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. March 4, 2012 . De, . On January 6, 2012, I met with Congresswoman Linda Sanchez at her southern California office with Mr. Mike Greenhaulgh, part owner/operator of the Sacramento Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment center where I have been receiving treatments for the last two years, and Dr. William Duncan, President of the Hyperbaric Medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Visger in His Own Words: A Career of Concussions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Football damaged my brain and it didn&#8217;t have to happen GEORGE VISGER, a former 49er, tells his story . Due to the size and speed of today&#8217;s football players, the kinetic energy they generate during hits can have long-term consequences. Here&#8217;s my story: . My football career began at age 11 in 1970 when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irv Muchnick: George Visger Meets With Congresswoman Linda Sanchez</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irv Muchnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted with the express consent of Irv Muchnick from his blog Concussion Inc.: . Published January 10th, 2012 . George Visger, the former pro football player, brain injury and retired athletes’ activist, and author of an upcoming title in the Concussion Inc. ebook series, met last Friday with U.S. Congresswoman Linda Sanchez of California to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Road with George Visger</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Visger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: George Visger caught up with me on the phone this morning just before arriving at a job site. George is back at work trying hard to help his family recover from losing their home after suffering another near-fatal brain shunt failure last October. George is one of the most remarkably intelligent and resilient [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retired Players&#8217; Fight for Benefits Goes Mainstream</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re back from attending the Press Conference at the Press Club in Washington DC. Thanks to the incredible efforts of the teams at Hausfeld LLC and Zelle Hofmann Voelbel &#38; Mason and Carl Eller, everything came off even better than anyone could have expected. Retired players who attended the conference included Carl, Irv Cross (who moderated), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Visger: Tips on Dealing with TBI</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/04/george-visger-dealing-with-tbi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Visger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you following this blog may already know, I developed hydrocephalus &#8211; or water on the brain &#8211; from repeated brain trauma while playing DT with the SF 49ers during the 1981 Super Bowl season. After undergoing emergency VP Shunt brain surgery during the season, I am now on brain surgery #9 thirty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concussions Take Center Stage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, we&#8217;ve probably seen even more media coverage on concussions than all past years combined. It&#8217;s been like a huge tsunami of people, events and timing all converging to drive interest in a subject that&#8217;s been hidden away by years of denial. . Terry Bradshaw had already made some side comments publicly last [...]]]></description>
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