It’s possible.
Time was, people thought that “getting your bell rung” or taking a hit that made you see stars just came with the territory if you played sports. Back then, coaches would tell their young players to shake off a concussion the same way you might walk (or skate) off a twisted ankle or a dead leg.
Those days, however, are long gone—in theory. Today, everyone in youth and scholastic sports understands (or at least, should understand) they need to take concussions seriously. Suffering one concussion raises the risk of suffering a second. Concussion symptoms can last a long time and interfere with a young person’s development and ability to learn. Evidence suggests repeated concussions—or just microtrauma—in youth, high school, and college athletics may lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative and deadly brain disease.
Schools and sports leagues statewide have adopted concussion protocols to keep athletes safe. Failure to follow those protocols, or to take other, basic, reasonable precautions against exposing athletes to unnecessary and dangerous impacts, may result in those institutions and their employees facing legal liability to injured athletes and their families for damages.