{"id":14705,"date":"2012-06-05T09:07:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T14:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=14705"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:32:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:32:27","slug":"jones-chairing-sec-working-group-on-concussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/jones-chairing-sec-working-group-on-concussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Jones Chairing SEC Working Group On Concussions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Eight-Person Committee Will Focus On All Sports<\/p>\n

DESTIN, Fla. \u2013<\/strong> The Southeastern Conference has assembled a working group, chaired by Ole Miss Chancellor Dr. Dan Jones, to research and evaluate sports-related concussions as it relates to the SEC. It was announced Friday by Florida President Dr. Bernie Machen, the chair of the SEC Presidents and Chancellors.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re all aware that issues associated with concussions sustained during athletic competition are becoming increasingly matters of concern, both in our league and at the national level,\u201d Machen said. \u201cTo deal with that, we are appointing a working group, charged with reviewing all the available research, evaluating the diagnosis and guidelines, looking at standards of practice and bringing recommendations back to the league for further consideration.\u201dAccording to Machen, the group will consist of Jones, a physician, two specialists with expertise in head trauma associated with SEC medical schools, two team doctors from SEC institutions and two athletic trainers from SEC institutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think that this is timely, we think that this is important and we are urging fast progress by this working group,\u201d Machen said. \u201cWe are focused on our league and the injuries that we see and the concern our member institutions have over these concussion-related issues. It\u2019s time for us to step up and see what we can do together with this issue.\u201d
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\nMachen said the group will be primarily research based and will focus on all sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re going to start with is looking at what schools are now doing, both within the league and elsewhere,\u201d Machen said. \u201cWe will look at professional sports as well to find out what the standards of care are out there. For example, some SEC institutions are now requiring brain scans for all entering students so they would then have a baseline for further evaluation. There are a whole host of things happening all over the country and we\u2019re just going to try to take advantage of that and put it together. This is about sharing information so we can all do what is best for our student-athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, speaking Friday, echoed Machen\u2019s sentiments regarding the working group and concussion-related issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to make sure we know everything that\u2019s going on about concussions because we deal with it in playing rules, we deal with it in terms of how we officiate and we deal with it in terms of how the conference holds players accountable by suspensions and otherwise, and now we need to know more about baseline medical research,\u201d Slive said. \u201cThis is a group that will do this for us. We want to make sure we are doing everything that we possibly can to protect our student-athletes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe nation is addressing the issue and we want to make sure that we are doing our part,\u201d Slive continued. \u201cThe bottom line is, how do we protect our student-athletes? That\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to do here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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