CBS Sports: NFL, NFLPA announce largest youth helmet replacement program ever - ProFootball Weekly: NFLPA names DePaso general counsel - NBC Sports: Ricky Williams doesn’t believe there’s a link between concussions and brain damage - We've posted the entire 896-page NIOHS NFL Players Study - just CLICK HERE to read. - FOX sports: Former Giants WR Robinson dies at 50 - IT'S OFFICIAL: George Martin resigns from NFL Alumni - FOXsports: Junior Seau, 43, found dead in apparent suicide - Washington Post: Ray Easterling, former NFL player who sued league over concussion treatment, dies at 62

Slowly but surely, Congress is getting their heads and hands wrapped around the issue of concussions and their long-term damage. On Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, Congressman George Miller (D-CA) held a House Education and Labor Committee hearing to begin to work out legislation to address the issue of concussions in school athletic programs. Did we even know that an estimated 400,000 concussions happened in high school sports just in the years 2005 – 2008 alone?

.

continue reading »

The day’s session has concluded and is now online in its entirety for viewing. Click on the morning or afternoon clip below to go directly to C-Span site to view.

AAA continue reading »