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
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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
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