Members, and members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to testify this morning on the behalf of the National Football league, and i commend the getty for the committee for digging up this issue. Commissioner has stated repeatedly that he spent more time on health and safety of our board than any other issue that comes before him. Football has our day vital place in the resume of american life, there are nearly 6 million children who play football across our country. Another 1. 1 million that play in high school, 75,000 in college, and so whether Distance Games in our backyard, at thanksgiving, or games late in our local parks, or friday Night High School games, saturdays with college, or hopefully plenty of people watching the nfl on sundays and mondays and occasionally thursdays, football plays a significant role in our lives. We take that popularity seriously. With it comes a great deal of responsibility. That is what we risk we embrace. We understand that the decisio
A house energy and commerce subcommittee look at spore safety and brain injuries in football, hockey, and other sports. Nfl and nhl officials talk about the safety steps they have taken. Well also hear injury stories from a professional Soccer Player and a high school student, and medical professionals explain the Science Behind brain injuries. The hearing is about three hours. All right. I want to thank everybody for being here. Were now with the full Committee Ranking member, the gentleman from california joins us. We now have the ability to start our hearing. I will introduce you after my statement and before you start your testimonies. I will open with my Opening Statement will stop good morning, jan. Good morning. Welcome to this mornings hearing. Today it is my hope to learn what steps are being taken to make Sports Participation safer for all athletes. Every day, parents make choices about whether or not to let their son or let their daughter play soccer or what kind of mouthpie
Elaborate lengths to do that and will continue to do so. We are pleased to have this opportunity to share with this subcommittee some of the measures enacted in this pursuit. National Hockey League was the first Major Professional Sports League to launch a comprehensive leaguewide program to evaluate players after they incur head injuries. Beginning in 1997 the nllpa Concussion Program required that all players on all clubs undergo preseason baseline neuropsychological testing. After a player diagnosed with a concussion he undergoes postinjury neuropsychological testing and preand post injury test results are compared to determine when the player is safe to return or returns to neurological baseline which is a relevant determination in the players ability to safely return to play. Data collected and analyzed pursuant to the nhl, nhlpa Concussion Program confirmed to us that neuropsychological testing results had added value and should be taken into account along with player reported sy
Its been going on for a long time. The whole epstein episode. This is way too convenient. This makes no sense. He is one of the most prominent prisoners in america at that point. In one of the most premier federal facilities in the country come it belongs to the Justice Department, how on earth did they miss this . Why were they understaffed in such a highprofile area . Weve asked this question of the bureau prison. We want an investigation into why this happened. There was a ton of reaction on the story today lets start here in new york with brad yunus on this. Scrutiny increasing this morning for the Correctional Center in manhattan. The jail managed to hold el Chapo Khalil Smith post notorious drug lord a known escape yard for over two years but could not can keep convicted sex offenders before a live for little over a month. Attorney general william barr is taking direct action, temporarily replacing the warden and placing the two guards assigned to watch over epstein on administra
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