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Medical monitoring program launches for NCAA student-athletes

A medical monitoring program for NCAA student-athletes who are a part of the settlement class in several consolidated concussion-related class actions launched Feb. 18.

Classifying Sports-Related Concussion: Precision Classification for Personalized Treatment

By Angela Lumba-Brown, M.D. (Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford), and Jamshid Ghajar, M.D., Ph.D. (Departent of Neurosurgery, Stanford) Despite increases in scientific literature on concussion, we still do not know how best to...

Emerging Science on Cannabis/Marijuana: Implications for Student Athletes

When Washington and Colorado legalized marijuana for nonmedical/personal reasons (note: there’s been a strong push away from the term “recreational” marijuana, since that term evokes outdoor or physical activities, including campus rec...

Division II may implement membership survey to aid in health care

Division II athletics administrators may soon be able to compare athletic training staff sizes, sports medicine facilities and other health care delivery practices with other schools in the division if a new health and safety survey is implemented this year.

CSMAS forms new concussion advisory group

A new concussion advisory group will soon be formed to help guide the implementation of accepted best practices on campus.

DIII Management Council recommends new preseason football legislation

Rules related to the Division III football preseason are again the focus of discussion and legislative action.

Two-a-Day Q&A

This spring, all three divisions adopted legislation that ended the long-standing tradition of two-a-day contact practices.

Health and safety data collection poised to expand

Athletics administrators in all NCAA divisions may soon be able to benchmark their school’s health and safety procedures, staffing levels and other pertinent practices against comparable schools across the country.

2017 NCAA CHOICES grant program selects winners

Here are the 2017 winning institutions and their project abstracts that they will use as a guide when developing their projects. Babson College (Division III; New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference) The mission of Babson College...

Researchers discuss initial CARE concussion study findings

Researchers shared preliminary findings last week from the largest-ever study of concussion in sport.

Concussion and college sports

The NCAA continues devoting resources to research, education and other efforts to make student-athletes safer.

Football practice guidelines updated

The Year-Round Football Practice Contact Recommendations serve as an update to guidelines published in 2014.

CSMAS supports increasing its student-athletes’ votes

The NCAA’s health and safety committee supported giving each of its student-athlete representatives a vote on the group’s decisions.

The Athlete’s Kitchen: Alcohol & Athletes

By Nancy Clark, M.S., R.D., CSSD Athletes are competitive. Unfortunately, too many competitive athletes are also competitive drinkers, not to be outdone by their teammates. Ask any coach or college athletics director, and you’ll hear...

NCAA convenes commission on sexual violence

A commission appointed by the NCAA’s highest-ranking board gathered Tuesday in a daylong meeting aimed at establishing the commission’s role as the NCAA works to combat sexual violence on college campuses.

Addressing student-athlete hazing

Susie Bruce, director, Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, University of Virginia; and Holly Deering, health educator, Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, University of Virginia “… The intention was to have a fun night...

NCAA catastrophic injury coverage enhanced

The NCAA catastrophic injury insurance program benefits have been enhanced for student-athletes who have suffered severe athletics-related injuries.

DII Management Council supports new proposals

Issues concerning student-athlete health and safety, time demands and academic misconduct took center stage at the Division II Management Council meeting.

DIII Management Council endorses proposals

A trio of key proposals, endorsed this week by the Management Council, appear to be bound for a membership vote at the 2017 NCAA Convention.

CSMAS recommendation empowers medical staffs

The NCAA’s committee responsible for student-athlete health and safety took steps at its summer meeting to better establish medical personnel as authoritative decision-makers in college sports. During its meeting June 15-17 in Dallas, the...

Survey: Most DI schools provide injury coverage

A new survey indicates that a majority of Division I institutions provide insurance coverage to their student-athletes for athletically related injuries and that student-athletes at relatively few schools incur out-of-pocket costs related to an injury.

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