News, Resources, and Events Tagged "Football Players Health Study"
Trust, Conflicts of Interest, and Concussion Reporting in College Football Players
Sports medicine clinicians face conflicts of interest in providing medical care to athletes. Using a survey of college football players, this study evaluates whether athletes are aware of these conflicts…
NFL or ‘Not For Long’? Transitioning Out of the NFL
From the abstract: Like many other elite athletes, National Football League (“NFL”) players typically have a short playing career, often leaving the league due to injury or lack…
Call for Funding Proposals: Football Players Health Study, Football Player's Health Study at Harvard University (FPHS) and CIMIT
From the description: The Football Players Health Study at Harvard University (FPHS) is a unique multidisciplinary, strategic research and translation initiative addressing the challenge of player health in American…
Can OSHA Regulation Rescue NFL Players?
From the article: "According to a recent article, the answer is 'yes.' The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) should issue rules to make football safer, say the article&rsquo…
Listening to NFL Players On Mental Health: New report highlights key findings from interviews with players and family members
When it comes to their careers, current and former NFL players express satisfaction – and frustrations – about their lives both on and off the field. “Life on an…
What If The NFL Were Regulated By OSHA?
From the Article: Last month, 253 men got new jobs. The process was highly publicized, and employers announced new hires to an audience of millions on live television. It’s…
New Article Examines the Possibility of Applying Workplace Safety Rules to the NFL
Could occupational health and safety laws be applied to better protect NFL players? A new analysis, published on April 17 in the Arizona Law Review, explores this very possibility. The article,…
Why Only The NFL Doesn’t Guarantee Contracts
From the article: [...] How does this all work? Chris Deubert, one of the Harvard study’s authors, told me that “the contract on its face is guaranteed.”…
The Sean Pendergast Show with Dr. Glenn Cohen, Harvard Law Professor
Harvard Law Professor [I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director)] joins Sean to discuss a study he and a Harvard group did on player safety in the NFL, how the game can…
Roster exemptions for players with concussions could draw vote from NFL owners
From the article: A short-term injured reserve for players diagnosed with a concussion was among 76 recommendations included in a Harvard Law School report — based on research funded by the…
Why Successful Post-Season Runs Make People Lose Their Minds About Concussions
From the article: Were either or both Crosby and Harden suffering the effects of a head injury, yet seeing game action? Appearances can be deceiving. In addition to medical personnel…
How does the NFL stack up with health care?
Sports Illustrated legal analyst Michael McCann joins OTL to discuss the NFL's health care for its players. Watch video here!
The NFL May Make A Smart Change To Its IR Rules
From the article: What the NFL could use is a short-term disabled list not unlike what exists in Major League Baseball. Right now, the NFL’s active and inactive…
Harvard Study Looks At Ways NFL Can Bolster Player Health
Law360, New York (May 16, 2017, 6:03 PM EDT) -- Harvard Law School published a report Monday exploring the National Football League’s health policies and practices, noting that the professional football…
New Report from the Law & Ethics Initiative of the Football Players Health Study: Harvard Report Compares NFL’s Health Policies and Practices to Those of Other Professional Sports Leagues
May 15, 2017 – While the NFL’s player health policies and practices are robust in some areas, there are opportunities for improvement in others, according to the findings of a…
Harvard’s Advice for NFL Player Health and Safety: The university’s independent study compared the NFL to five other North American sports leagues and made nine recommendations on how to help preserve the future of the game
From MMQB: Today’s 255-page report comes from Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center for health law policy, biotechnology and bioethics, and it compares the NFL’s…
Harvard study suggests some NFL health and safety changes
From the Washington Post: The physical demands are different. The types and severity of injuries are different. And the economics can vary wildly. But there are several common threads shared…
Harvard study: NFL should offer treatment for performance-enhancing drug users
From the Boston Globe: The National Football League should consider providing treatment to any player caught using performance-enhancing drugs, according to a new Harvard University study. The recommendation was one…
Panthers doctor: ‘Turf war’ keeping neurologists off NHL study group
From the article: One Harvard University law professor says that the NHL should overhaul its medical structure to free team doctors and trainers from any real or perceived conflicts of…
NFL doctors are on the wrong team
From the article: So why did only 47 of 100 players who were surveyed by the Associated Press say they thought the league’s clubs, coaches and team doctors have the…
NFL’s medical structure puts profits before players’ health. That must change.
From the article: Just last month, a Harvard study concluded that “the intersection of club doctors’ dual obligations creates significant legal and ethical quandaries that can threaten player…
Podcast: NFL Player Health with Chris Deubert
From the blog: In this episode, Peter speaks with Chris Deubert, a Senior Law and Ethics Associate for the Law and Ethics initiative of the Football Players Health Study at…
The NFL Combine: Pro football’s intrusive, and mandatory, job interview
From the article: While there could be a gray area between tests that measure performance and those that examine health, Glenn Cohen, a Harvard law professor who co-authored the study,…
NFL Team Doctors: In Whose Interest?
From the interview: Injured NFL players are treated by doctors employed by teams, but a Harvard study claims there is an inherent conflict of interest in that arrangement, which might…
Conflict of interest for NFL doctors to report to teams: Harvard study
From the article: 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'…
Harvard study: NFL should end doctor-team relationships
From the article: A study conducted by Harvard Law School recommended that any medical personnel treating NFL players should stop reporting to team management or coaches. The two-year study by…
Harvard study on NFL player safety calls for outside doctors
From the article: Doctors who decide whether an NFL player is healthy enough to go into the game shouldn’t be paid by the teams that have a stake…
Harvard Study on NFL Player Safety Calls for Outside Doctors
From the article: Doctors who decide whether an NFL player is healthy enough to go into the game shouldn't be paid by the teams that have a stake in…
Harvard Releases Player Health Recommendations That The NFL Will Likely Ignore
From the article: Harvard University wants the NFL, the NFLPA, and everyone complicit in the NFL industrial complex—all the way down to media and fans—to take…
Study: NFL should break ties between doctors, teams
From the article: Medical personnel caring for NFL players should no longer report to team management or coaches, according to a Harvard Law School report published Thursday. The recommendation comes…
NFL doctors should not report to teams, Harvard study recommends
From the article: A new report from Harvard Law School proposes drastic changes in the way health care is administered in the NFL, urging the nation’s most popular…
When NFL Calls the Doctor
The Boston Globe limits non-subscribers to five free articles per month. Harvard affiliates may view the full text via Hollis+. From the article: FROM MAJOR media outlets to federal research…
NFL doctors’ conflicts of interest could endanger players, report says
From the article: Doctors that work for professional football teams have conflicts of interest that could jeopardize players’ health, according to a report by Harvard researchers. The report released…
Football Players Health Study at Harvard University
Part of the 39th Annual ASLME Health Law Professors Conference. In order to attend this panel, you must register for the conference. Panelists will discuss the research being conducted at…
Is Professional Football Safe? Could We Make It Safer?: Perspectives from Neuroscience, Law, and Ethics
This panel discussion was part of the 2015 Annual Meeting of the International Neuroethics Society! Professional football has come under significant scrutiny in recent years, particularly because of concerns over player…
Football Players Health Study forms Law and Ethics Advisory Panel (LEAP)
The Petrie-Flom Center's Law and Ethics Initiative of the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University has formed a Law and Ethics Advisory Panel (“LEAP”) to advise…