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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Obama to hold summit on sports concussions
2014-05-18
[THEHILL] President B.O. will bring athletes, coaches, academics and parents to the White House later this month for a summit on youth sports safety and the dangers of concussions, an administration official said Thursday.

"As both a parent and an avid sports fan, the president loves and appreciates the role that sports play in the lives of young people, and his administration is committed to helping ensure that children continue to be active and play sports safely," the official said in a statement.
Because that's ever so much more important than war, peace, or submitting a budget to Congress.
At the forum, the president will argue for a "team approach" to preventing and treating concussions, the White House said, with hopes of raising awareness of how to identify, treat and prevent concussions among young athletes. Obama will also call for additional research into the field of sports-related concussions, with the hopes of developing ways to better avoid such injuries.

The concussion forum was first reported by The Washington Post.

The president told The New Yorker earlier this year that he'd be reticent to allow his son, if he had one, play professional football because of the risk of concussions. More than 4,500 former NFL players have sued the league over its handling of concussions, which doctors say can be associated with permanent memory loss and behavioral changes.
Posted by:Fred

#15  Is Hildebeast going to be there as the keynote speaker?
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-05-18 19:08  

#14   A diversion attempt to turn the spotlight from Hilda-beasts recent brain injuries rumors?

She got the injuries playing football?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-05-18 16:11  

#13  That's amazing; I have a pretend dog I don't play fetch with for the exact same reason.

Greatest poet since Homer.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-05-18 15:52  

#12  Nah. He'd want to spotlight that, if anything.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-05-18 15:36  

#11  A diversion attempt to turn the spotlight from Hilda-beasts recent brain injuries rumors?
Posted by: Bubba Graiting8281   2014-05-18 13:26  

#10  Desperately seking importance.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2014-05-18 13:23  

#9  "Cause, you know, all the thing he's supposed to be dealing with are already fixed.
Which means, by inference, everything so far is part of the plan...
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-05-18 12:43  

#8  The president told The New Yorker earlier this year that he'd be reticent to allow his son, if he had one, play professional football

How adorable! He thinks his adult children are going to take orders from him about their career choices, when it's already clear his preteen/young teen children are uninterested in his taste in clothing.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-05-18 11:49  

#7  Without concussions and brain damage where's he going to get voters?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-05-18 11:13  

#6  It would be safer if they'd stop the damn running, trotting or jogging football is the wave of the future. Fewer points perhaps but more time for serious styling and vogueing. Bonus those nasty grass stains wouldn't be so prevalent.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-05-18 11:08  

#5  The president told The New Yorker earlier this year that he'd be reticent to allow his son, if he had one, play professional football because of the risk of concussions
He'd much rather his son took after Trayvon Martin.
Posted by: Sholuling Elmeremble5726   2014-05-18 10:54  

#4  Joe "I played football at University of Delaware" Biden should be the summit leader for both seriousness and as an example to others of the Drain Bamage
Posted by: Frank G   2014-05-18 10:07  

#3  State colleges and high schools. It's a state issue. You might call the academies in for a summit, but isn't that something for the SecDef?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-05-18 08:41  

#2  Next, a summit on the comparative brain risk of pot smoking and sports.
Posted by: Glenmore   2014-05-18 08:07  

#1  Collegiate sports union organizers, and unnamed members of the Aaron Hernandez defense team have accepted invitations to the 'summit' but decline to return calls.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-05-18 03:44  

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