President Jeffrey Herbst (center) speaks to members of the Colgate football team. At right is head coach Dan Hunt.
President Jeffrey Herbst (center) speaks to members of the Colgate football team. At right is head coach Dan Hunt.
Colgate recently released a practice protocol designed to limit head injuries in sports.
Expanding on the idea, athletics director Victoria Chun ’91 MA ’94 wrote an op-ed called “There Is No Neat Solution For Head Injuries in Sport” for the Huffington Post.
“There are no clear or neat solutions. Head injuries are frustrating; they are injuries that may display no outward signs to others; the timetable for healing is a complete unknown; and truly, the only recommendation for recovery is rest. It is certainly not only an athletics problem, nor is it only a football problem. Head injuries occur to people in all walks of life, and researchers are only scratching the surface in terms of recovery and the long-term effects.”
Read more at the Huffington Post.
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