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NFL Backs Regulation for Youth Concussions on Football Field
By Good News Network Monday, January 17, 2011
The NFL is helping craft legislation in states around the country that would protect young athletes from the long-term effects of concussions.
The laws aims to raise coaches' awareness of symptoms and prevent athletes from returning to practice or competition too soon.
"Young athletes more vulnerable because brains still developing"
(READ the AP story in SL Post-Dispatch)
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