NCAA Concussion Study Update ... Plus Safety Measures Being Undertaken At Youth Football Level

A while back we told you in this space about the most comprehensive concussion study ever undertaken -- one announced in May 2014 and launched by the NCAA and the Department of Defense.

Today, in a tweet from the NCAA, preliminary findings from this study were announced via a story on the NCAA web site.

Click on the links below to find out more.

Researchers discuss initial CARE concussion study findings: https://t.co/NsSizpJ0bM pic.twitter.com/ItwTCyfiEZ

— Inside the NCAA (@InsidetheNCAA) January 31, 2017

(In a related story, in today's New York Times, comes this revelation from the leaders of youth football on some significant safety-related steps it is taking to address declining participation in the sport).

To increase participation — and reduce worry — youth football has a plan to get much safer https://t.co/HVCQFlZT45 pic.twitter.com/VEdWlSrYhB

— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) January 31, 2017