After a significant knock, questions ultimately turn to whether you should play on or not. Will Stubbings, Sam Fleming and myself consider this decision, weighing up the various factors in our lives. Professor John Olver offers insight into the medical testing required to confirm that not playing is a suitable decision.
Further Reading
- “Concussion Patients Have Brain Degeneration Similar To Alzheimer’s Dementia”[Medical Daily, Anoopa Singh, 18/6/2013]
- “The Right Decision” [The Players’ Tribune, Husain Abdullah, 19/4/2016]
- “Cerebral Commotion: Patrice Bergeron’s Quiet Concussion Radicalism” [Grantland, Charles P. Pierce, 22/10/2014]
- “Knockout Blow,” [Sunday Night, Channel Seven, 24/2/2013]