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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 s ....
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 ....
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 ....
Breaking developments and joins us with the latest. Good morning. Jose good morning. Police and fire rushed to the scene. This was just after midnight in berkeley, california. Of course in northern california. They found a balcony that had collapsed from the fourth floor of a luxury apartment complex just a block away from the university of california berkeley. The government of ireland has now confirmed that those that were killed the five were in fact young irish citizens they say. Theyre also unconfirmed reports this was a Birthday Party celebration going on at the luxury apartment complex. Now, we know from police that they are investigating with building inspectors to find out what happened, what caused that balcony to collapse but they say they do know that threne people were on it when it fell. Four people were killed instantly. One other died at the hospital and eight others were injured, and many of those have lifethreate ....
Seen to be believed. I will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. We will have full analysis of trumps political theater. And concentration camps being set up just miles from our shore. Where is the american response to whats happening in the Dominican Republic . All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. On the meaning of what it is to be black, a former head of the spokane naacp, Rachel Dolezal, a woman born to white parents but who identifies as black is telling her side of the story in this exclusive interview with Melissa Harrisperry. Ive heard a lot of people ask you ask you you are you africanamerican or are you caucasianan. I am not going to ask it that way. Are you black . Yes. What does it mean to you to assume the identity of blackness . Well, it means several ....