There's zero evidence that changing tackling style will have any effect.

And even the assumption that the primary way you prevent a child from getting brain damages to ask them to have better form is absurd on its face.

And it's, you know, to say a 10-year-old, if you don't use correct form when you're 10, and you get CT, it's your fault because we taught you the right way to tackle.

I mean, it's your fault because we taught you the right way to tackle. I mean, it's crazy.

Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron.

This week, concussions.

We are talking about them with two incredible experts, co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation and a former WWE superstar.

And in the house, we have Christian Dotson Pearson, Dr. Christian Dotson Pearson, who wrote her PhD on

concussions, the emerging public health crisis, and why media advocacy is needed.

Also, for our Just Stand Up award this week, we are going to be speaking with Lindsay Gibbs, sports reporter at Think Progress and co-host of the new sports and feminism podcast, Burn It All Down.

We're going to be talking to Lindsay

because she was in Seattle when the Seattle Storm played host not only to their opponent,

but to Planned Parenthood. And she has the story for us because the Just Stand Up Award this week is

absolutely going to the Seattle Storm. But first, a quick word with Professor CDP. How are you doing? I'm doing

a while. How are you? It's great to see you again. Good to see you as well. I was hoping that you could

talk to us a little bit about your PhD. So I want to say the title again, Concussions, the emerging

public health crisis, and why media advocacy is needed. First and foremost, define what you mean by an emerging public health crisis.

So after I did months and months of research, which I'm glad it's over with,

I found that scholars identified concussions as an emerging public health crisis

because so many people were going to the emergency room.

They found that annually there's about 4 million people who have con people were going to the emergency room, they found that annually there's

about 4 million people who have concussions that go to the ER, and half of that are children.

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