Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, NFL, Football players, Concussions
Subjects
Football players; Brain; Concussion; National Football League
Introduction
ESPN reported this week that the NFL had pulled funding for concussion research because one of the principal researchers was Dr. Robert Stern of Boston University who has been critical of the NFL. The grant was awarded by the National Institute of Health(NIH) and the NFL denied pulling out of the grant saying that the NIH made all funding decisions and that the NFL has no veto power over the use of the $30M it had donated to the NIH in 2012 with no strings attached. It turns out however that it did retain a veto over the use of the funds. Apparently a veto is not a string in the NFL.
Publication Date
12-28-2015
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "Concussions" (2015). On Sport and Society. 67.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/67
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