4 SLI Members Testify at Congressional Hearings on Head Injuries
in Football
The
House Judiciary Committee held hearings on October 28th on head
injuries in football. For those looking to quantify SLI's influence in the
discussion of head injuries in sports, SLI Members comprised 25% of the 16
member panel: Dr. Ann McKee, Dr. Robert Cantu, Dr. Eleanor Perfetto, and Chris
Nowinski! The NFL, with Roger Goodell and 3 members of the NFL MTBI committee,
was the only group equally represented.
Watch SLI's testimony on C-SPAN at the following:
Dr. Robert Cantu at 1:12:06 at this link
Dr. Eleanor
Perfetto 56:29
Chris Nowinski 1:14:47
Dr. Ann McKee 1:23:40
Read testimony of all panelists here.
Read Coverage from the NY Times and LA Times, including
New York Times article LA Times article
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