Skip to main content

Concussions

...

Feature: Concussions in Gainesville-Area High School Football

Thursday August 29, 2019

In an instant, everything can change. In one second a high-school football player can be well on his way to a scholarship, and in the next second, it can slip through their hands like smoke in the …
...

Get Your Head Out of the Game? Player Safety Movement Makes Its Way to High Schools

Tuesday January 1, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The NFL and NCAA’s concussion crisis and player safety initiatives have been well-chronicled, praised, criticized and debated. However, the issue of player safety at the high …
...

NFL Reshapes Football with New Helmet Rule

Thursday March 29, 2018

The NFL has released multiple new rules for the 2018 season at the NFL Owners Meeting in Orlando Tuesday. The most important rule being the new helmet rule proposed by competition committee chairman …
...

New Concussion Test Improves Safety for UF Sport Club Athletes

Tuesday March 28, 2017

In the distance, you hear a faint ring. You turn to see the source of the noise, but this causes your stomach to lurch. The world spins around you as your head throbs with pain. You stumble towards …
...

Former FSU Star Myron Rolle to Attend Harvard

Wednesday March 22, 2017

Many former NFL players have made comments about the game today being too violent, but very few have taken action. That is not the case for former FSU and former NFL player, Myron Rolle. Friday, …
...

Concussion Treatment Options May be Expanding

Friday October 21, 2016

In the 2015-2016 NFL season alone, players suffered a total of 199 concussions on the field, according to a PBS Frontline study. One of the most common treatments for concussions and post-concussion …