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The National Football League is forcing teams to bring in independent neurologists to treat players with concussions – a marked shift for the league, which has fought growing evidence that players risk permanent brain damage.Traumatic brain injury can have lifelong consequences for people in all walks of life, not just football players.
My colleague Rick Shapiro has written about the matter at length.Until now, team doctors and team trainers have decided who is too badly hurt to play and who isn’t, The New York Times reported.
But the NFL has suffered increasing criticism in recent months as more evidence about brain damage among retired players has come to light.
“As we learn more and more, we want to give players the best medical advice,” Roger Goddell, the NFL commissioner, said on NBC this week. “This is a chance for us to expand that and bring more people into the circle to make sure we’re making the best decisions for our players in the long term.”
Many details regarding the plan have not been decided or disclosed. It’s not known how the independent physicians will be selected, how they will be paid, or how much weight their opinions will carry.
But even an independent physician won’t be able to easily address the greater problem: long-term damage caused by small, repetitive concussions.
Growing evidence suggests that these concussions – going back to high school – have a cumulative effect on players that heightens risk for depression, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and other illnesses.
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About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a VA injury law firm whose attorneys focus on personal injury and accident law and have experience handling cases brought by victims of traumatic brain injury and closed head injuries. In fact, in 2000, our firm helped a plaintiff receive what was then the largest verdict ever in a Virginia brain injury case. We also have a blog in which we discuss only topics related to brain injuries and head wounds.
Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been named to the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009 and listed among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008.Shapiro and Lewis have been named Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2008. Fewer than 5 percent of lawyers receive this professional honor. In addition, our firm was the first in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms. Our VA injury law firm has the highest rating of AV from Martindale-Hubbell, a national lawyer ranking organization, which means we have a reputation for preeminent legal skill.
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