Heightened Awareness of Concussions Changing Culture of High School Sports

Heightened awareness of concussions is changing the culture of prep sports.

Two months after Washington state enacted the toughest concussion law in the country - one that requires young athletes suspected of having sustained a concussion to receive medical clearance before returning to action - a 14-year-old freshman football player at Duvall's Cedarcrest High School was overpowered by an opponent, knocked backward and landed on his head. The boy was airlifted to a medical center in nearby Seattle, diagnosed with a severe concussion and released the next day. "If he does come back and play this year, that will be up to the doctors," Jason Frederick, Cedarcrest's athletic director and head varsity football coach, told Everett's Daily Herald.

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