And how best to go about changing our game to reflect that. So thats how we ended up adding creating a unified concussion protocol and returntoplay protocol for our sideline. Thats how we ended up with additional concussion experts on the sideline. This is based on the advice of outsiders who tell us this is the best way to handle your players, this is the best way to treat the game, and if you want a culture of safety, this is what you would do. We followed their advice strictly and meet with them very frequently. I noticed your title is Senior Vice President of health and safety policy. Is that position thats got to be a position that didnt exist 20 years ago. It did not exist 20 years ago. Im proud to be in that role. Its an exciting one. I know this hearing is on concussions, but since youre here, i got to ask you one other question that may be a little different topic. Over the last few years, ive communicated with the nfl about my concerns about the issue of Human Growth Hormone
For several years on the communications commission, also as administrator of the Rural Utility Service and now is head of pcia, the Wireless Infrastructure association which is what, mr. Adelstein . Guest this association represents the company that builds Wireless Networks, basically, the ones that deliver all of that content to your cell phone, your smartphone, your tablet. The big Cell Phone Companies are on there, at t, verizon, sprint, tmobile as well as companies that own and build the cell towers, the antennas that you find in Shopping Malls. All of the equipment thats behind the scenes that makes possible what you see on that little screen. Host so how many cell towers are there in the u. S. Right now this. Guest theres hundreds of thousands of them and, you know, the fact is its hard to keep up with the level of demand that we have for new infrastructure because of the demands that consumers are placing on the infrastructure we have today. Host what are some of the legislative
Coaches and parents and kids and officials and everybody to get on the same page to help kids. If youre an administrator in a high school, your being asked a question on how youre making this favor for my kids, and we can answer that now. Thank you. We appreciate you being here, your it recognized for five minutes. Thank you very much. I am 42 years old. I served as a starting goalkeeper for the United States Womens National soccer team for the years of 1994 to 2008. During that time i helped to lead the team and winning to 11 old metals, in 1996 atlanta games and 2004 athens games, and late 173 International Games over 15 years for the United States. That is a record among female goalkeepers. In the summer of 1999, my 20 amazing teammates and i captured the hearts of america by beating china in a healthy kick shootout alive in front of 90,000 screaming fans at the rose bowl in pasadena, california. I was the one that made the single safe save before she took off her shirt. I will that
Physical. And responsible play in our game, the National Hockey league working together with the National Hockey League Players association has gone to elaborate lengths to do that, and will continue to do so. We are pleased to have this opportunity to share with the subcommittee some of the measures enacted in this pursuit. The National Hockey league with the maker with the worst major professional link to a value of players after they incur head injuries. Beginning in 1997 the nhl and the nhl Concussion Program requires that all players on all clubs undergo preseason baseline psychological testing. After he player is diagnosed with a concussion he goes free is testedst did he to find when he will be able to safely return to play. That is pursuant to the Concussion Program that narrow psychological testing results that added value and should be taken into account along with player reported symptoms when making return to play conditions and decisions. And nhl Concussion Committee has a
I used to work for a company come and Large Companies of about 20,000 employees. Our insurance ran for all of us was around 400 a month. Thats the full cost to the company. For the Health Insurance. Now, and what weve got here is a situation that were trying to fix this and if we want to fix this what we would really do is say, take the Health Insurance, turn it all into individual policies. In its companies wanted to pay for each employees insurance, they could pay it is an individual policy. In other words, each individual policy, and theres a model for this. Aflac does this all the time. Host can you wrap this up very quickly . Caller if they wanted to do this host we got the point. Guest thanks. Personal with regard to sincerity i hope you realize that we are very sincere that the Affordable Care act isnt going to work, its not good for america to help america gets the message thats what weve been saying since we got elected as majority of house and 2010. With regards to the idf, y