Violent NFL Hits Renews Concerns About Head Trauma
Violent NFL Hits Renews
Concerns About Head Trauma
A number of violent head-to-head collisions in the NFL last weekend prompted league officials to hand out fines of $50,000 to $75,000 to three of its players on Wednesday. Critics had criticized the league in the past for being too lax with dangerous head injuries, prompting officials to appoint a new medical committee last off-season whose members vowed to change the culture earlier this year.
After several players suffered serious injuries in head-to-head collisions over the weekend, the NFL announced on Tuesday that they would be more vigilant in suspending and/or fining players for flagrant hits. The problem doesn't just exist on the pro level, either; as Eric LeGrand, a defensive end for Rutgers, suffered a neck injury that left him paralyzed from the neck down on Saturday while tackling an Army player during a kickoff return.
The concern, in addition to concussions, is that repeated jarring blows to the head could cause an accumulation of damage over the years without players showing symptoms of a concussion. Autopsies of former football players have led to the discovery of a brain condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which leads to a variety of neurobehavioral disorders.
The neurobehavioral symptoms of the brain are quite complex. In September, a 21 year-old football player who committed suicide, it was discovered afterward, had CTE. And former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry, who died from falling from the bed of a moving truck while fighting with his fiancee, was believed to have played with the condition. His passing is considered a tragic end to a life plagued with bizarre behavioral problems.
A number of violent head-to-head collisions in the NFL last weekend prompted league officials to hand out fines of $50,000 to $75,000 to three of its players on Wednesday. Critics had criticized the league in the past for being too lax with dangerous head injuries, prompting officials to appoint a new medical committee last off-season whose members vowed to change the culture earlier this year.
After several players suffered serious injuries in head-to-head collisions over the weekend, the NFL announced on Tuesday that they would be more vigilant in suspending and/or fining players for flagrant hits. The problem doesn't just exist on the pro level, either; as Eric LeGrand, a defensive end for Rutgers, suffered a neck injury that left him paralyzed from the neck down on Saturday while tackling an Army player during a kickoff return.
The concern, in addition to concussions, is that repeated jarring blows to the head could cause an accumulation of damage over the years without players showing symptoms of a concussion. Autopsies of former football players have led to the discovery of a brain condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which leads to a variety of neurobehavioral disorders.
The neurobehavioral symptoms of the brain are quite complex. In September, a 21 year-old football player who committed suicide, it was discovered afterward, had CTE. And former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry, who died from falling from the bed of a moving truck while fighting with his fiancee, was believed to have played with the condition. His passing is considered a tragic end to a life plagued with bizarre behavioral problems.
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