Chris Borland is a former NFL player who retired in 2015 after his rookie season because of concerns about the risk for long-term brain trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Since then, he has been an outspoken critic of the NFL and NCAA’s handling of brain injuries in football. This week, he was invited to speak…
ReadLast year, the NFL and USA Football – youth football’s governing body – made big claims about their efforts to reduce brain injuries in childhood football leagues. The groups touted their youth initiative called Heads Up Football for decreasing the number of concussions and bodily injuries by significant margins. The only problem is their claims…
ReadThe NFL and NFL Players Association are working together to enact new policies that will make brain injury management be taken more seriously in the league. This week, the groups jointly announced that they have agreed to a new set of enforcement procedures which enact significant penalties for teams or players that violate the league’s…
ReadChyna’s brain will be studied by Bennet Omalu,MD according to a spokesperson, Anthony Anzalo. Chyna, or Joan Lauer, was known for her role as one of the first women in professional wresting and later as an actor and entertainer. She is believed to have experienced many concussions in the wresting ring which contributed to her…
ReadIn the conclusion to our interview with Ray Ciancaglini, we discussed how to prevent brain injury in sports. Ray also reveals some interesting communication he had with Sony about the movie production of Concussion, the recent film in which Will Smith plays Dr. Omalu, who discovered the first case of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in…
ReadIn Part Two of our conversation with Ray Ciancaglini, we explore the connection between violence and brain injury in sports. Sports related concussion is an ongoing theme here on NeuroNotes. We want to capture different views of concussion. The following interview shares perspective on sports as a cause of brain injury. Are we hooked on violence?…
ReadMJ Clausen and I interviewed Ray Ciancaglini on November 20, 2015. Our interview with Ray focused on sports and concussions in both boxing and football. Specifically, we spoke about the future of sports like boxing and football in which violence is an inevitable part of the game. Ray Ciancaglini is the Founder of The Second…
ReadThe movie “Concussion” is set to open in a few days and, with the opening, the discussions around the effects of multiple concussions and sub-concussive hits are expected to increase. “Concussion” is surrounded in controversy about the role of the NFL in pressuring the producers to tone down the presentation of the NFL and its…
ReadAs the month of March draws to a close, the month dedicated to brain injury awareness also ends. As our friend, George Visger, points out in a recent blog, for him, every day is brain injury awareness day. George is a courageous brain injury survivor and former NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers. He…
Read“The whole game needs to change, and, again, I don’t know if anyone’s going to embrace it,” George Visger said in an interview with 19 Action News in Cleveland. Visger was discussing the recent death by suicide of Ohio State football player Kosta Karageorge. Tragic deaths such as these, as difficult as it is to…
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