Brain trauma experts call for ‘hit count’ to limit injuries to school athletes

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Brain trauma experts call for ‘hit count’ to limit injuries to school athletes

School-age athletes being subjected to potentially fatal brain trauma in sports like football, hockey and soccer, experts warnExperts on repetitive brain trauma suffered by players of sports such as football, ice hockey and soccer have drawn up radical new proposals designed to limit the risk of potentially fatal brain injury in child athletes. The proposals, presented in a white paper by the Sports Legacy Institute, come in response to growing alarm about the exposure to brain injuries of thousands of American schoolkids.