Here’s the full video of the Congressional Forum held on May 24, 2010 in New York City on Key Issues Related to the Identification and Prevention of Head Injuries in Football (2:16). You can see the witness list on the Judiciary Committee site (click HERE).
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With the growing firestorm from DeMaurice Smith’s recent comments about retired players’ relations, we forgot to mention that the Congressional Judiciary Committee held a Forum this past Monday (May 24th) in New York City on Key Issues Related to the Identification and Prevention of Head Injuries in Football. Among the people speaking were Dr. H. Hunt Batjer and Dr. Richard Elenbogen, the two newly-appointed co-chairs of the NFL’s “Mild” Traumatic Brain Injury Committee – er, wait – they changed it to the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee! So what happened to concussions and brain injuries? Did they just magically disappear? We almost miss Dr. No!
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It’s another Monday, one week after Super Bowl Sunday. Some current news items of note as well as a couple of reminders on some events and dates that are coming up.
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The Congressional Judiciary Committee Forum on Head Injuries and Other Sports Injuries in Youth, High School, College and Professional Football. More details on speakers and schedules in an earlier post – click HERE.
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Here’s the headline from USA Today:
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Before everyone and their brother jumps in to try and take credit for it, DeMaurice Smith and his crew have been working with the NFL to protect retired players’ disability benefits during a potential lockout in 2010. So De Smith was right – without the express agreement of the NFL, retired players’ benefits could have been severely impacted by a lockout.
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