competitive sport context. let s speak to peter robinson s. hello. it s brilliant speak to peter robinson s. hello. it s brilliant what speak to peter robinson s. hello. it s brilliant what you re speak to peter robinson s. hello. it s brilliant what you re doing, i it s brilliant what you re doing, you have made it such a mission. i know through it you will help so many people and raise awareness, which is going to save so many people from this awful debilitating brain injury. it s all about your son ben who died in 2011 after a head injury playing rugby. his death actually change things. i am so sorry for your loss. it was out of the blue. sorry for your loss. it was out of the blue- sorry for your loss. it was out of the blue. . , . ., ., , the blue. ben was a fit and healthy 14-year-old- the blue. ben was a fit and healthy 14-year-old- he the blue. ben was a fit and healthy 14-year-old. he was the blue. ben was a fit and healthy 14-year-old. he was playing - the bl
incidents where the pathologist say he got a brain injury on the same day~ he got a brain injury on the same day. unfortunately for us it was mismanaged and he wasn t removed from the mismanaged and he wasn t removed from the pitch. unfortunately for us that was from the pitch. unfortunately for us that was his last game of rugby. a little that was his last game of rugby. little bit more about that. it was a second impact syndrome. you could write a thesis on this, i know, couldn t you, peter. what exactly is that and how does it occur? i suppose the experts will tell you, the brain, suppose the experts will tell you, the brain, when it has been injured, it changes the brain, when it has been injured, it changes and becomes very vulnerable. if you receive a second injury vulnerable. if you receive a second injury or vulnerable. if you receive a second injury or evenjust running about, and the injury or evenjust running about, and the brain doesn t have time to rest, and
after the not happen if you remove the athlete after the first injury. i think for us we after the first injury. i think for us we realised ben s death was so preventable with education and awareness and a change in culture around awareness and a change in culture around brain injuries in sport. if he around brain injuries in sport. he had been around brain injuries in sport. if he had been removed after the first injury, which kind of. you don t have to have a huge amount of medical knowledge to think that it s logical, isn t it, peter? logical, isn t it, peter? yeah. that s the logical, isn t it, peter? yeah. that s the really logical, isn t it, peter? yeah. that s the really sad - logical, isn t it, peter? yeah. that s the really sad thing. i logical, isn t it, peter? yeah. l that s the really sad thing. you don t that s the really sad thing. you don t have that s the really sad thing. you don t have to be a neurologist. that s don t have to be a neurologist. that s