Davis Epstein Talks Causality, and Head Injuries in Sports

Information on head injuries continue to inundate the sports world. A couple of weeks ago, sincere questions began to surround the link between brain trauma and addiction. And weeks before that, sincere questions have surrounded the link between brain trauma and Parkinson's.

The sport's world has responded slowly, but pieces are being moved. In a study involving three Division 1 college teams, it was revealed that college players suffer more hits to the head during practice than during the games, leading the Ivy League to reduce the amount of full contact practices to 2 per week (the limit is five per N.C.A.A guidelines). As Purdue University notes, the changes are being written into law as well.

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