NFL STUDIES EFFECT OF CONCUSSIONS ON BRAIN FUNCTION
Just days after Dr. Elliot Pellman stepped down from his position as chairman of the NFL concussion committee, the NFL has announced that it will begin a new study focusing on the brain's functions after a concussion. The study will look at the effects of multiple concussion on the brain's fuctions. Dr. Ira Casson, co-chairman of the committee says the study's main goal is to answer the question "of whether or not a career in the NFL results in any kind of chronic brain injury." Recent tragic events that have marred the NFL, such as the suicide of NFL player Andre Waters, seem to answer that question already.
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