DESTIN, Fla. (AP) -- The Southeastern Conference is taking steps
to learn as much as it can about concussions, ultimately hoping to make college sports safer for student-athletes.
The league announced Friday that it has appointed Mississippi
Chancellor Dan Jones to head a working group that will review
available research, evaluate diagnosis and guidelines, look at
standards of practice and bring recommendations back to the
conference for further consideration.
Florida President Bernie Machen says concussions have become
"matters of concern both within our league and at the national
level."
The working group will include two specialists who have
expertise in head trauma. They will be associated with medical
schools that are affiliated with SEC schools. It also will include
two physicians who serve as team doctors at SEC schools and two league athletic trainers.
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