NCAA Hockey Proposes Stricter Rules Regarding Hits to the Head
If approved, violation will carry a minimum of a
major
penalty and a game misconduct or disqualification penalty
 "Player safety is critically important to the
college hockey community," said Forrest Karr, chair of the committee
and director of athletics at Alaska Fairbanks. "Players will be
penalized severely for contact that targets the head and neck."Click here to read more. Read Invited SLI Position Paper on NCAA Hockey rules written by Dr. Cantu, Mr. Nowinski, and
SLI Advisory Board Member Tom Babson and submitted to the committee prior to the meeting Congrats NCAA Hockey Rules Committee for Protecting the Brain of
Hockey Players!And a Big SLI Thank You to former Boston College Women's
Hockey Coach Tom Babson for your Advocacy |
New Research
BU CSTE Paper
Published in Alzheimer's Research and Therapy Journal
Examines
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury as Risk Factor for Variety of
Neurodegenerative Diseases
 Authored by SLI and CSTE
members Dr. Robert Cantu, Dr. Robert Stern, Dr. Ann McKee, and
Christopher Nowinski, a paper published last month explores mTBI as a
risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases and emphasizes the need for
longitudial CTE research.
Click here to
learn more. |
Recent Events
SLI Endicott Clinic Brings Concussion Awareness to New York State
Special thanks to event sponsors United Health Services, Brain Injury Association of New York, and the Children's Home. Click logos below to visit sponsor websites.
  
Read event summary here. |
New legislation requires school coaches and
volunteers to receive concussion
training and players who exhibit signs or symptoms of a concussion be removed from a
game or practice and obtain
written medical authorization before
returning to play.
