Conflict of interest for NFL doctors to report to teams: Harvard study
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The doctors who patrol the sidelines of NFL games to assess whether injured players can safely return to the field should report to the league and players' union rather than individual teams, said a Harvard University study released on Thursday.
That was one of the recommendations in a 500-page report by Harvard researchers who have worked with the National Football League Players Association union over the past two years to study the heavy physical toll that the sport takes on athletes.
The study comes amid heavy scrutiny for football, at all levels of play, over the high rates of concussion suffered on the field.
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