Football Player Health Study

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    Football Players Health Study at Harvard University

    Overview In May 2017, the Petrie-Flom Center completed its three-year statement of work leading the Law and Ethics Initiative of the Football Players Health Study (FPHS) at Harvard University.  The Law and Ethics Initiative studied legal and ethical issues that promote or impede NFL player health and made appropriate responsive recommendations.  Other FPHS initiatives remain ongoing,…

  • Read more: New Article Examines the Possibility of Applying Workplace Safety Rules to the NFL
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    New Article Examines the Possibility of Applying Workplace Safety Rules to the NFL

    Part of the Law and Ethics Initiative of the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University: Article authored by Adam M. Finkel, Chris Deubert, Orly Lobel, I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director), and Holly Fernandez Lynch (Former Executive Director Could occupational health and safety laws be applied to better protect NFL players? A new analysis, published on April…

  • Read more: Asking the Right Right Question About Football – Why do Some NFL Players Abuse Their Partners?
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    Asking the Right Right Question About Football – Why do Some NFL Players Abuse Their Partners?

    By Katie Kraschel The national press is buzzing after TMZ released a video of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s barbaric assault of his then-fiancee, Janay Rice.  Much of the spotlight of the coverage shined on the NFL’s handling of the abuse, and perhaps even more time was spent yesterday questioning Ms. Rice’s decision to stay…

  • Read more: Asking the Right Question about Football
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    Asking the Right Question about Football

    By David Orentlicher[Cross-posted at HealthLawProf Blog and orentlicher.tumblr.com.] In his New York Times op-ed today, former Denver tight end Nate Jackson explains why the NFL should prefer that its players use marijuana to medicate their pain rather than to rely on prescription drugs that can have serious side effects and promote dangerous addictions. Jackson explains quite…

  • Read more: Concussions, the N.F.L., & the Manufacture of Doubt
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    Concussions, the N.F.L., & the Manufacture of Doubt

    By Daniel Goldberg {SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION ALERT} A new article of mine is out in the Journal of Legal Medicine entitled “Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, the National Football League, and the Manufacture of Doubt: An Ethical, Legal, and Historical Analysis.”  I’ve written on the subject before, but in case anyone is interested, here is the Abstract…

  • Read more: Professional Athletes and Personal Responsibility for Health
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    Professional Athletes and Personal Responsibility for Health

    By Yoni Schenker [Disclaimer: I am not involved in this, and the views expressed here are entirely my own.] Concussions and Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) have been the dominant subject of concern in the sports world recently, and for good reason, but I would like to highlight an often overlooked and more general problem.  Our athletes…