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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Friday Night Lights Out: The Concussion Debate Hits the Texas Youth Leagues



Friday Night Lights Out: The Concussion Debate Hits the Texas Youth Leagues
by Pete Freedman Oct 26, 2013 5:45 AM EDT
 After years of heated debate, the NFL is finally taking concussions seriously. But how are they being handled in football’s lower levels? Pete Freedman reports from football-crazed Texas.

On the evening of Monday, September 23, emergency room doctors determined that 12-year-old Connor Curreri of Dallas had suffered a concussion during a football practice held that afternoon. Five weeks later, the seventh-grader has yet to complete a full day of school.

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