Concussion Inc
Subtitle: the end of football as we know it
By: Irvin Muchnick
Edition: End of football as we know it.
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781770411388
Subjects: Brain; Concussion; Football; Football injuries
Description: Muchnick's Concussion Inc. blog exposed the decades-long cover-up of scientific research into sports concussions and the ongoing denial to radically reform football in North America. This compilation from Muchnick's no-holds-barred investigative website reveals the complete head injury story as it developed, from the doctor who played fast and loose with the facts about the efficacy of the state-mandated concussion management system for high school football players, to highly touted solutions that are more self-serving cottage industry than of any genuine benefit.
Table of contents: title: The United States of football; title: Santa Clara symposium on sports law and ethics; title: Dave Duerson and other discontents; title: Joe Maroon and other Pittsburgh witch doctors; title: Chris Nowinski and Alan Schwarz; title: Concussion Ink (in other words, miscellaneous); title: Jovan Belcher, Bob Costas, and me; title: My friend George Visger; title: The Michael Vick and Kris Dielman follies; title: Ritalin- the new growth hormone; title: Obama the kitsch king; title: About the author.