Something great happening Monday!

Monday, March 11, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt will unveil details of a new initiative to study concussions and improve player safety through a research and innovation program.

“High schools and colleges must take leadership roles, as well as their coaches and athletes, raising awareness and more strongly being involved,” he said. “We challenge everyone in sports to be agents of that culture change.”

“There is a national conversation taking place about football.” Roger Goodell

http://www.unc.edu/campus-updates/goodell-getting-the-head-out-of-the-game-is-key-to-footballs-future/

Protect the Kids; Honor the Coaches

People don’t buy what they need, they buy what they want. Powerful influence addresses a person’s reasons for wanting something—not his or her need of it. It’s true for anything people buy or buy into: cars, watches, and even rules.

G.E.'s chief executive, Jeff Immelt, played at Dartmouth.

NEW ORLEANS — The N.F.L.,

faced with increasing concern about

the toll of concussions and confronted

with litigation involving thousands of

former players, is planning to form a

partnership with General Electric to

jump-start development of imaging

technology that would detect

concussions and encourage the

creation of materials to better protect

the brain.

N.F.L. Joins With G.E. in Effort

to Detect Concussions

Kids and Concussions

Recent headlines about concussions and links to depression and possibly suicide are scaring parents. Many are thinking twice about encouraging kids to play football and other contact sports. Serious injury is on the line. Happy is also on the line Happiness means doing what you love. If your child loves football you may be faced with a tough choice. Perhaps knowing a few facts will help you choose well for you and your child.

General Electric ($GE) and the

NFL will jointly invest at least $50

million in a new effort to develop

concussion-detecting imaging

technology. They'll also focus on

coming up with better ways to

protect the brain from injury in the

first place, in a partnership detailed

in The New York Times over the

Super Bowl weekend.

GE, NFL to Pour $50M into Concussion Imaging Tech

Football – Sometimes It’s a Business

The obligation of context NFL head coach of the New York Jets, Rex Ryan, powerfully influences both adults and kids. When Ryan speaks about injuries, we listen—especially when he’s speaking about his son, Seth, a high school football player who suffered a major concussion last season. During his interview on Costas Live, Ryan seemed to discount the significance of his son’s injury, “I want my son to play. Obviously, if he had another concussion or something like that, I’d address it then.” He goes on to say, “I look at it as, of course he’s gonna play football, and I’m proud of the fact that my son plays football.”