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Written by Maury Brown
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Monday, 04 January 2010 17:21 |
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 The NFL announced today additional important developments in its ongoing work related to player health and safety in the area of concussions.
The NFL has confirmed its partnership with the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy to research the long-term effects of head trauma in athletes. The league through the NFL Alumni Association is encouraging current and former NFL players to agree to donate their brains to the Center to assist its research efforts.
The NFL is committed to providing $1 million or more for independent research projects that will be identified by the Center.
The NFL is continuing to strengthen and expand the membership of its medical committee on concussions, formed in 1994, that has initiated research and advised the NFL on best practices for concussion prevention and management over the past 15 years. DR. JEFFREY KUTCHER, a neurologist at the University of Michigan and chairman of the sports section of the American Academy of Neurology, has accepted an invitation to join the NFL MTBI Committee. Former NFL player MERRILL HOGE, who testified at the October 28 congressional hearing on head injuries in football, has also been appointed to the committee. The NFL is currently interviewing candidates for the new chair of the committee and expects to select the committee's new leadership by the end of January.
The NFL also has invested in ongoing research designed to provide more independently validated information on the protective qualities of helmets used by NFL players and to help NFL players make informed choices regarding the helmets they wear, regardless of the manufacturer. The NFL's medical committee on concussions engaged two independent laboratories -- Southern Impact in Tennessee and Biokinetics in Ottawa, Canada -- to conduct a wide-range of tests of helmets made by all leading manufacturers to learn how helmets used by NFL players respond under different types of impacts that can occur during a game.
The committee launched this project a year ago, including plans to have the research reviewed by independent experts. After a two-month search process, the NFL has confirmed those two independent experts are: DR. DAVID MEANEY, University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Bioengineering and DR. BARRY S. MYERS, Duke University, Pratt School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering.
These specialists bring independent expertise and experience in the field of head injuries to help ensure the validity of this continuing research project. In addition to reviewing the preliminary data, they will make recommendations on additional testing of the helmets that could contribute to the project and be useful to manufacturers and NFL players.
These are the latest in a series of steps the NFL has taken over the past 15 years to address player safety with respect to concussions. Other recent steps include:
- As part of its continuing educational effort, the NFL will hold its third medical conference on concussions next June. It was announced today that it will be hosted by Johns Hopkins University and held in Washington, D.C. Attendees will include NFL team medical staffs and representatives of the NFLPA. The first such NFL conference took place in 1997 in New York and Arizona with the second conference in Chicago in June of 2007. The NFL will again invite leading physicians and scientists to present the most current information regarding this injury. Club medical personnel will be required to attend.
- A new and expanded statement on the NFL’s 2007 return-to-play guidelines for a player who sustains a concussion. The 2009 statement says that a player who suffers a concussion should not return to play or practice on the same day if any concussion symptoms are identified based on the initial medical evaluation of the player. Once he is removed for the duration of a practice or game, the player should not be considered for return-to-football activities until he is fully asymptomatic, both at rest and after exertion, has a normal neurological examination, normal neuropsychological testing, and has been cleared to return by both his team physician(s) and the independent neurological consultant.
- Each club has identified local independent neurological specialists to provide "second opinion" in cases involving players who have had a concussion and been removed from a game or practice. Before these players return to practice or play, they must be evaluated and cleared by both their team physician and the independent neurological consultant. The NFL and the NFL Players Association medical advisor reviewed the expertise and qualifications of, and approved, each doctor proposed for this role.
- Members of the NFL Competition Committee are continuing to evaluate potential changes in playing rules that are intended to reduce head impacts and related injuries in a game setting. In addition, JOHN MADDEN, in his new role as special advisor to the Commissioner, is chairing a committee of coaches that has been exploring ways of providing players with a safer environment that would reduce the risk of head trauma on non-game days. Both the NFL Competition Committee and Madden's group will report to the Commissioner their recommendations this offseason.
- In conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the league developed an NFL public service message directed primarily at young athletes and their parents and coaches on the importance of head injury awareness. The message has been airing during NFL game telecasts. In addition, the league also is working with the CDC and other organizations to distribute educational material to young athletes and high school coaches, and to develop with USA Football an overall certification program for coaches at those levels addressing player health and safety.
Source: National Football League
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Written by Matthew Coller
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Monday, 04 January 2010 03:22 |
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 The uncapped NFL season is often talked about as if it was an F5 tornado set to touch down in 2010. Instead of cars and cows as projectiles, its small market teams and potential free agents. The Associated Press reported this week that 212 players would lose their status as unrestricted free agents if the twister hits.
Since 1993, the determinate factor for restricted and unrestricted free agents has been accrued seasons. Accrued seasons are defined by the NFLPA as “a season in which the player has been on ‘full pay status’ for six or more regular season games.” Currently, a player becomes a restricted free agent when they have accrued three seasons, unrestricted are those who have accrued four or more seasons. During an uncapped season, a player must have five or more accrued seasons to be unrestricted. Players who have more than four, but less than five accrued seasons then become restricted. This would be our 212.
The difference between restricted and unrestricted is what it sounds like, simple freedom. The restricted free agent can be franchise tagged as either an “exclusive” or “non-exclusive” free agent. Players tagged as exclusive can only negotiate with the team they played for the previous season, non-exclusive can negotiate like a normal restricted free agent, but, if he is signed by another team, that team must compensate the old team the hefty price two first round draft picks. Restricted free agents have 60 days to seek offers from other teams
Other restricted free agents can be tagged as a “transition player,” in which the free agents former team has the opportunity to match any offer within seven days. The offer must be a minimum of the average of the top 10 salaries of the previous season or 120 percent of the player’s last salary.
Paraphrased, Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton called being an unrestricted free agent a once in a lifetime opportunity. It allows a free agent to sign with any team, which can lead to an enormous pay day. So, in the uncapped year, being an unrestricted free agent would be like winning the lottery. Unfortunately for the 212, their ticket will likely be invalid. It is worth noting that another “road block” allows teams to exclusively franchise tag three players instead of one, which will also limit free agency.
Orton is one of the big names on the list which also includes Cowboys Pro Bowl wide receiver Miles Austin and Broncos stars Brandon Marshall and Elvis Dumervil.
So why the uncapped season during the final season of the CBA? According to the NFLPA, this is part of the agreement in order to pressure the NFL owners to bargain an extension before the last year of the agreement.
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Written by Matthew Coller
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Tuesday, 22 December 2009 18:00 |
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 To Mangini or not to Mangini, that will be new Cleveland Browns president Mike Holmgren’s first of many pressing questions. Browns owner Randy Lerner announced Monday that Holmgren will take the reigns as soon as details of the agreement are finalized. Holmgren, 61, who is best known for coaching the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks to three total Super Bowls (one of which he won) appears to be exclusive to the front-office in his new position, but the possibility of him replacing head coach Eric Mangini still remains up in the air.
Mangini’s fate rides on Holmgren. Even if Holmgren does not take the position himself, he may choose to follow Bill Parcells path and bring in his own coach after taking over as “football czar.” Mangini has helped his helped his case in the past few weeks by beating the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs.
"I'm really focused on the group and getting them ready to play," Mangini said before the team announced its deal with Holmgren. "As far as a timeline or any of the other things, it's not what I'm doing or concentrating on. It's not what the coaches are concentrating on and not what the players are concentrating on.”
Current president Mike Keenan will become the Browns Chief Financial Officer. As for other parts of the font-office and on the field, we can only speculate.
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 22:47 |
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COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL notified NFL teams today that a new and expanded statement on return-to-play for a player who sustains a concussion will take effect with games beginning this week.
The stricter 2009 statement on return-to-play was developed by the NFL’s medical committee on concussions in conjunction with team doctors, outside medical experts, and the NFL Players Association in order to provide more specificity in making return-to-play decisions. The new guidance supplements the 2007 statement on return-to-play that encouraged team physicians and athletic trainers to continue to take a conservative approach to treating concussions and established that a player should not return to the same game after a concussion if the team medical staff determined that he had lost consciousness.
The 2009 statement advises that a player who suffers a concussion should not return to play or practice on the same day if he shows any signs or symptoms of a concussion that are outlined in the return-to-play statement. It further states:
“Once removed for the duration of a practice or game, the player should not be considered for return-to-football activities until he is fully asymptomatic, both at rest and after exertion, has a normal neurological examination, normal neuropsychological testing, and has been cleared to return by both his team physician(s) and the independent neurological consultant. A critical element of managing concussions is candid reporting by players of their symptoms following an injury. Accordingly, players are to be encouraged to be candid with team medical staffs and fully disclose any signs or symptoms that may be associated with a concussion.”
Based on the 2009 statement, a player who suffers a concussion should not return to play or practice on the same day if any of the following symptoms or signs is identified based on the initial medical evaluation of the player:
- Loss of consciousness;
- Confusion as evidenced by disorientation to person, time or place; inability to respond appropriately to questions; or inability to remember assignments or plays;
- Amnesia as evidenced by a gap in memory for events occurring just prior to the injury; inability to learn and retain new information; or a gap in memory for events that occurred after the injury;
- Abnormal neurological examination, such as abnormal pupillary response, persistent dizziness or vertigo, or abnormal balance on sideline testing.
- New and persistent headache, particularly if accompanied by photosensitivity, nausea, vomiting or dizziness;
- Any other persistent signs or symptoms of concussion.
“The evidence demonstrates that team medical staffs have been addressing concussions in an increasingly cautious and conservative way,” Commissioner Goodell said in a memo to the NFL clubs. “This new return-to-play statement reinforces our commitment to advancing player safety. Along with improved equipment, better education, and rules changes designed to reduce impacts to the head, it will make our game safer for the men who play it, and set an important example for players at all levels of play.”
Source: National Football League
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Written by Matthew Coller
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Sunday, 29 November 2009 22:02 |
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Today, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will play. Last week, he was forced to leave the game vs. the Kansas City Chiefs with a concussion. Yet, without taking a single week off, Roethlisberger will play.
Since the New York Times reported on a study connecting NFL players to long-term brain damage, concussions have been a hot topic. So hot, in fact, that the league came up with a seven-point plan to take on this epidemic.
Here are the seven points as reported by ProFootballTalk.com’s Mike Florio:
1) Expand the league’s committee on brain injuries. The committee will grow despite both co-chairmen, Dr. Ira Casson and Dr. David Viano, who resigned Tuesday. The New York Times reported on their resignation saying:
“members of the committee since 1994 and co-chairmen since 2007, (Casson and Viano) co-authored most of the group’s published research papers whose conclusions regarding head injuries were met with considerable criticism from medical peers. Casson has been the league’s primary voice discrediting all evidence linking football players with subsequent dementia.”
2) Each team will identify specialists who will provide an “independent ‘second opinion’” in situations involving players who have been removed from a game or practice due to a concussion. The NFL’s memo said: "Before these players return to practice or play, they must be evaluated and cleared by both their team doctor and the independent neurologist or neurosurgeon.”
3) The Competition Committee is evaluating possible rule changes aimed at reducing head impacts in game situations.
4) Commissioner’s special adviser John Madden is chairing a committee of coaches. They are exploring ideas for reducing head trauma during practices. "Among the considerations are reducing the overall amount of off-season work, and/or limiting the use of helmets (and therefore contact) in practice, minicamps, OTAs, and training camps," the NFL’s release says.
5) The league developed a public service announcement directed at young athletes, their parents and coaches regarding head-injury awareness. The PSA will debut Dec. 10.
6) The NFL will conduct another medical conference in Washington D.C., in June 2010, which will be similar to the conference conducted by the league in Chicago two years ago.
7) The NFL will continue research efforts aimed at improving equipment safety and the league will “urge players to make informed choices regarding the use of the most technologically advanced helmets.”
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Thursday, 19 November 2009 15:59 |
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Former NFL head coach TONY DUNGY will lead a new NFL Player Advisory Forum as Special Advisor to COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL, the NFL announced today. The program will involve a regular series of meetings in various cities with NFL players, including Pro Bowl veterans such as BRIAN DAWKINS of the Denver Broncos, RAY LEWIS of the Baltimore Ravens, and KURT WARNER of the Arizona Cardinals.
“Players continue to be an invaluable resource in providing direction and insight into a wide range of programs and policies,” said Commissioner Goodell. “Tony’s experience and expertise in working with players make him an ideal leader of the Player Advisory Forum and we appreciate his willingness to take on this important role.”
The purpose of the Player Advisory Forum is to provide input to the commissioner’s office on policies, programs, and issues that affect the lives of players on and off the field, including player health and safety, personal conduct, game rules and procedures, career transition, and player development.
Dungy will organize the meetings, identify the player attendees, and develop a list of topics for discussion. Commissioner Goodell will attend the meetings and the NFL Players Association has been invited to send a representative. Dungy also will serve as a resource to the NFL Player Development staff and the team Player Development Directors.
“Input from the players to the commissioner’s office and vice versa is so important in helping our league and our players be the best they can be, on and off the field,” Dungy said. “The commissioner asked me if I would lead this initiative and to me it is exciting to be in a position to help our players.”
Dawkins, Lewis, and Warner said they are looking forward to being part of the initiative.
“It’s an honor and privilege to work with Coach Dungy,” Dawkins said. “This will be a great new way for players working with Coach Dungy to be part of the process of improving the league for everybody.”
Added Lewis, “This is extremely important and Tony’s involvement is a big factor for me because he stands for everything that is right about the NFL. This is an area where we need unity because it’s about players and the league helping each other. I truly believe we can accomplish things that will carry on way beyond us.”
Warner, the 2008 Walter Payton Award winner as the NFL Man of the Year, said, “For the NFL to remain as successful as it is today, this type of open communication between the players and commissioner’s office is crucial. To have someone as respected and accomplished as Coach Dungy leading the effort is tremendous. His integrity and credibility are unmatched and everyone involved will be better off because of his involvement.”
The Player Advisory Forum will be similar to the series of meetings Commissioner Goodell conducted around the country last year with retired players. The new program for current players is an evolution of the NFL Player Advisory Council, which was created by Commissioner Goodell with the NFL Players Association in 2006.
The Player Advisory Council provided ideas and direction for the development of the Personal Conduct Policy, the team captains program, the change in venue of the Pro Bowl this season to South Florida prior to the Super Bowl, and contributed direct input on other policy matters, including safety-related rules changes.
Source: National Football League
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009 14:13 |
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 Lasting less than a year, the George Kokinis era is already over in Cleveland. The Browns released a statement acknowledging his firing:
Cleveland Browns General Manager George Kokinis is no longer actively involved with the organization. In response to rumors and reports that Kokinis was escorted out of the building today, the Browns deny those reports. In the interest of protecting the parties involved we will withhold further comment.
The firing of Kokinis comes less than 24 hours after Browns owner Randy Lerner said the organization would add a new "credible, serious leader" to football operations.
The firing of Kokinis begs the question, will Eric Mangini be fired? As reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, there is no word that Lerner would be firing Mangini during the Browns' bye-week:
"I've never gotten a feeling otherwise in all of my conversations with Randy," Mangini said. "Randy and I share the same vision. We do talk quite a bit about what's the best way to achieve that."
Mangini said he is on board with Lerner's expressed desire to add "a strong, credible, serious leader within the building to guide decisions in a far more conspicuous, open transparent way."
Mangini said, "The objective is the same for both of us [to improve]. If you can add quality people that can help you get better, then you do that."
The Browns are on pace to tie a futility mark for the team, or their worst record. They currently have a 1-7 record which matches the mid-point mark of the 1999 expansion team that finished 2-14.
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Saturday, 31 October 2009 06:16 |
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 The Associated Press reported Friday that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and head of the NFL Players Union DeMaurice Smith will be in federal court next week to testify about the case of two NFL players, Minnesota Vikings Pat Williams and Kevin Williams, who violated the league’s anti-doping policy but succeeded in having their suspensions were blocked by courts in what is being called the “StarCaps” case. Goodell and Smith will be witnesses before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee next Tuesday.
After the NFL attempted to suspend the two players, they sued the league in state court, arguing the NFL’s testing policy violated workplace laws. The case was first moved to federal court where a judge dismissed the union’s lawsuit and dismissed several claims. But, the judge ruled to send two claims involving Minnesota workplace laws back to state court where a Minnesota judge issued an injunction prohibiting the NFL from suspending the two Vikings players.
Last month, a federal appeals court panel agreed with the decision, allowing Pat and Kevin Williams to continue playing for the Vikings. The NFL argued that federal labor law should pre-empt state law and asked for uniform standards nationally.
The Pat and Kevin Williams case also affected the case of New Orleans Saints defensive ends Charles Grant and Will Smith. The Saints ends’ infraction and suspensions were identical to that of Pat and Kevin, but the NFL allowed them to keep playing while the Williams case plays out.
The hearing, named after the banned substance, will be titled, “The NFL StarCaps Case: Are Sports Anti-Doping Programs At A Legal Crossroads?” Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said he is concerned the case “could result in weaker performance-enhancing drug policies for professional sports.”
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Thursday, 29 October 2009 22:02 |
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Early Thursday morning, word arrived via Noah Pransky of WTSP (10 Connects), the CBS affiliate in the Tampa Bay area, that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers might be up for sale, it came as a bit of shocker. Pransky cited Dan Sileo of WDAE saying that due to Joel Glazer losing as much as $400 million in the Bernie Madoff scandal, the team was headed for a new owner.
"Massive losses due to investments with Bernie Madoff have forced the owners of the Buccaneers to run the team on a minimal budget, according to WDAE-AM's Dan Sileo, and may lead to the team's sale," reported Pransky.
After making some calls, the best I could come up with was a possibility that a minority stake might be put up for sale, but then in this economy, adding minority investors shouldn't be surprising or a commentary on the state of an organization.
As the day wore on, the story started to pull back to "not currently up for sale" to simply saying losses through Madoff could potentially put the club up for sale in the future.
But, as was most recently seen with the New York Mets and their association with Madoff, while losses can occur, it may not always lead to a franchise sale.
The same heard true today from the Bucs.
Joel Glazer, Co-Chairman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers released the following tersely worded statement after the WDAE story:
“The report today by WDAE’s Dan Sileo about our family and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is 100 percent false.
"The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are not, nor have they ever been for sale. In addition, our family or any of our related companies have never invested one penny with Bernie Madoff.
"The report is baseless, irresponsible and slanderous. This type of behavior by Mr. Sileo and his company Clear Channel will be dealt with in the appropriate manner.”
The last sentence is telling. It will be interesting to see if Sileo or WDAE will be welcome in the Buccaneers' locker room any time soon.
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Saturday, 24 October 2009 01:50 |
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 The Miami Dolphins have announced that Jim Rushton has been named Senior Vice President of Corporate Partnerships and Integrated Media. In this capacity, he will oversee the revenue and corresponding support services for all Dolphins sponsorship assets including Land Shark Stadium, miamidolphins.com, Dolphins Mobile Vision, the game day Club and Suite portable Kangaroo TV unit, and Stadium Vision, the game day in stadium television network. Rushton will also be responsible for the team’s broadcasting partnerships, including the Dolphins Radio Network. He will report directly to Dolphins CEO Mike Dee who made the announcement.
Rushton joins the Dolphins from Entercom Communications where he has spent the past 16 years, most recently as Vice President Sports Sales and Marketing for Entercom and Entercom New England. He was responsible for all revenues associated with the WEEI Sports Radio Network including the Boston Red Sox and Boston Celtics radio networks and the New England Patriots Monday / Friday radio network.
“We are thrilled to be adding someone of Jim’s caliber to our senior management team”, said Dee. “He has a passion for sports and a proven track record of generating significant revenue growth for each and every sports property that he has been associated with in his many successful years at Entercom. The sports sponsorship landscape continues to evolve with new technologies and Jim’s broad-based media and team experiences make him uniquely qualified to lead this important area of our organization.”
During his tenure with Entercom, Rushton helped establish WEEI as one of the most successful all-sports stations in the United States. In this time, the Red Sox radio network grew to become the highest grossing play-by-play franchise in all of Major League Baseball. Rushton has also been a pioneer in integrating the radio businesses for which he was responsible into a multi-media platform that activated advertising / sponsorship campaigns utilizing audio, visual, text / mobile, experiential and sports media assets.
“The opportunity to work with an organization so steeped in tradition yet focused on breaking new barriers is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Rushton said. “I have tremendous respect for what Mr. Ross and Mike have started to build in South Florida and I am anxious to contribute to their goal of making the Dolphins business operation one of the elite organizations in the NFL”
Rushton will re-locate to South Florida in time to begin his new duties the week of November 9.
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