Things are happening rapidly in places like syria and as weve seen in the news today, ukraine. If this escalates, i dont know if we have the will. Shannon, comment . Especially if you can tailer the holistic view of things. Back to the removal of the expatriates, i think we spent a lot of time focusing on the message that that conveyed and i couldnt help but wonder what that had to have felt like, almost encapsulating the points we touched upon earlier which basically speak to the fact that the western world was saying you dont matter, well take out the people who do. Even if these are the people that raised you as orphans early in life, were going to separate. One of the things weve said in here in other classes, in earlier classes this xhsemester is that genocide undoes, things fall apart with genocide. The ties that bind people together, jep side genocide is fundamentally about breaking apart things like Family Structure and communities. Yet the failure of humanity in rwanda demonst
We are going to hear from ian heating, High School Senior suffered us of your head injury, across game in the sophomore year. Despite his impressive recovery, later identified as his third head injury, left him with a limited ability to enjoy the activities Many High School students and classmates take for granted. His story should serve as a reminder youth sports injuries could have a devastating and lasting consequences. And we will also hear on this panel from brianna scoury, an olympic soccer cup champion, goalie force from the field after a career and traumatic brain injury. Chris struggle to overcome the cognitive, physical and psychological injuries illustrate even our sports heroes are vulnerable to the worst sports injuries. They should be commended for their courage in their recoveries and their willingness to testify on this critical issue. Dave brewerson, a member of the Chicago Bears tragically committed suicide just over three years ago. In doing so he shot himself in the
College athlete and then went on to play in the nfl and has strong feelings and opinions about these issues and has pointed out very eloquently that we have problems out there as mr. Miller pointed out that need to be addressed. What brought this hearing together was the action of a regional director of the National Labor board who suggested these athletes are employees and therefore could, if they chose, vote to join a union. So we explored some of the possible downsides of that issue. We heard from witnesses here that talked about how would this deal with class attendance and practice times, attending games, how many games, what about walkon players, or universities that are public and dont fall under the National Labors act and a host of potential problems. I appreciate the testimony of the witness today as we start to explore that. I dont think there is a person on this committee that doesnt agree we need to address the issues we talked about. The question is is unionization of som
We appreciate your arguments today, thank you. The court may call the next case. Over the next few hours we will show you congressional hearings on professional and student athletics. Up next house hearing from brain injuries from football, hockey and other sports. Then we will look at scholarships, sex assaults and whether student athletes should be paid. Earlier in year a House Sub Committee looked into brain injuries from football, hockey and other sports. Officials with the nfl and National Hockey league talked about how their industries address the issue. We will also hear from professional and student athletes. This hearing is about three hours. All right. I want to thank everyone for being here. We are now at the full Committee Ranking member, the gentleman from california joins us. We now have the ability to start our hearing. So ill introduce you after my statement and before you start your testimonies. So ill open with my opening statement. Morning jan. So good morning and we
Then we will look at scholarships, sex assaults and whether student athletes should be paid. Earlier in year a House Sub Committee looked into brain injuries from football, hockey and other sports. Officials with the nfl and National Hockey league talked about how their industries address the issue. We will also hear from professional and student athletes. This hearing is about three hours. All right. I want to thank everyone for being here. We are now at the full Committee Ranking member, the gentleman from california joins us. We now have the ability to start our hearing. So ill introduce you after my statement and before you start your testimonies. So ill open with my opening statement. Morning jan. So good morning and welcome to this mornings hearing. Today its 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 mouth pi