Government urged to develop plan for binding return-to-play rules to protect against head trauma
The Australian government should develop a national strategy to reduce concussion in sports, including working with medical experts to develop binding return-to-play rules to protect participants from head trauma, a federal senate committee has said.
The report recommended that sporting organisations should consider rule modifications to minimise concussion risk, while the government should develop a national sports injury database, with which sporting bodies – including professional bodies – should share concussion-related data. “Fundamentally, key national sporting organisations could further enhance their commitment and their duty of care to athletes across the country, providing athletes with more support or resources to respond more effectively to life-changing challenges,” the committee said.
“Comprehensive and independent research is vital to ensure that future sports people and their families do not have to experience the anguish and suffering that current and former generations have faced,” the committee said.including reporting by Guardian Australia, There was clear evidence of a causal link between repeated head trauma and concussions and subsequent neurodegenerative diseases such as CTE, the committee said. While there remained some questions about the degree of exposure required to trigger such neurological decline, “these questions should not be used to”, and it was imperative that governments and sporting bodies acted immediately with precautionary, preventative measures.
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