Report NFL concussion research omitted Steve Young Troy Aikman

If you were looking for poster boys for the NFL's concu sion crisis in the mid-90's, Steve Young and Troy Aikman would do Andrew Kittredge Jersey nicely. Both are high-profile quarterbacks, both are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and both dealt with concu sions during their career.And yet, , neither was mentioned in a study the NFL did on concu sion research from 1996 through 2001, logging some 887 concu sions total. the paper obtained the NFL's concu sion data from that period.Neither the nor reported Peter Fairbanks Jersey concu sions -- like, any of them -- for a lengthy period of time. According to the , the Cowboys "do not have a single concu sion in the database, which covers six seasons." This includes no concu sions for Aikman, a direct contradiction to NFL injury reports the examined, which show Aikman listed for a concu sion three separate times.Aikman was listed for Blank Jersey a concu sion on October 29, 1997, Wilson Ramos Jersey September 6, 2000, and December 13, 2000. He was also listed with a "head" injury on November 10, 1999.Aikman retired after the 2000 season, .The former Cowboys quarterback has publicly acknowledged he dealt with " ." According to the , the 49ers "have no concu sions listed from 1997 through 2000" in the database.This despite Young being featured on two injury reports during that stretch. Young was listed, per the , as dealing with a concu sion on a Christian Arroyo Jersey September 3, 1997 injury report and a September 29, 1999 injury report.Young , leaving the 49ers in order to preserve his health.
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