President Jeffrey Herbst (center) speaks to members of the دمأغس°تس football team. At right is head coach Dan Hunt.
President Jeffrey Herbst (center) speaks to members of the دمأغس°تس football team. At right is head coach Dan Hunt.
دمأغس°تس recently released a designed to limit head injuries in sports.
Expanding on the idea, athletics director Victoria Chun ’91 MA ’94 wrote an op-ed called “†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.â€
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