DOOLEY Observed: NFL To Adopt New Concussion Evaluation Process

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Sunday, March 6, 2011

NFL To Adopt New Concussion Evaluation Process

by Bill Chappell

NFL players who suffer violent blows to the head in games will be evaluated for possible concussions by using a new system of tests in the 2011-2012 season, according to reports.

The news comes after a season in which head injuries made headlines in sports coverage, as the NFL levied record fines against defenders whose hits on defenseless players were determined to be beyond newly tightened rules.

And less than a week ago, former NFL player Dave Duerson shocked the football community by committing suicide — and leaving a note requesting that after his brain be studied under the NFL's Brain Bank program, which analyzes the ways the sport might change brain physiology.