Think Tank Looks at Concussion in Sport

Posted: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:35

The Sports Think Tank will be looking at the policy implications of concussion in Sport and the campaigns launched by the Mail on Sunday and father of tragic Ben Robinson who died playing rugby.

"This is a sport wide problem and with various policy responses in education, health and sports bodies. We want to get behind the headlines and propose a sensible response"

"The Mail on Sunday has done a good job in highlighting the issue from a newspaper perspective and so we want to investigate the various campaign points and the proposals suggested by father of Ben Robinson to look at the US law - the Zackery Lystedt Law

"It seems at this stage we are looking for health professionals to agree the issues and protocols and treatments, ask all sports NGBs to take the issue seriously and seek the support from Education Ministers to ensure all schools are aware of the best guidance and put it into action.

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