The National Football League (NFL) and NFL Players Association (NFLPA) recently announced changes to the League’s concussion protocol. The new elements of the protocol will discipline teams that violate the required procedures. According to the updated policy, a representative will be designated by the NFL and NFLPA to monitor how teams adhere to the protocol. […]
The National Football League has continually tried to stay ahead of new technology, and now, as USA Today first reported, they will soon begin to use Virtual Reality to help their employees, including players, experience racism and sexism. The goal of working with Stanford University is to try and curb some of the main issues that […]
Football and basketball are fundamentally very different sports. In brief, the former is a game of hard hits and intense trauma to almost every part of the body — trauma that leads to permanent damage more often than not. Basketball, on the other hand, is a less violent, more fluid game that rarely entails damaging contact and […]
In response to continued disappointment with officiating miscues in the NFL, Commissioner Roger Goodell said that the league is looking into increased use of technology. In an interview last week with SiriusXM NFL Radio, Goodell mentioned that “You all as broadcasters or the fans in general get to see things, and we have to make […]
Earlier this week the Sports Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) announced that Roger Goodell will headline a panel at the SFIA Industry Leaders Summit in New Orleans in September. Goodell will be discussing topics such as sports specialization, fatigued injuries, and excessive competition and will address the challenges of getting the youth members of our society active and living a […]
