With concussion-related injuries among professional athletes often taking an unwanted spotlight, researchers in Australia are asking for help to study the impacts of potential long-term brain injuries to the younger generation — one contact sport at a time.
High-profile news about concussions is almost a weekly occurence Down Under. Among those is 22-year-old rugby flyhalf Tom Lynagh, whose third concussion of the year resulted in him missing several games for Australia's national team. Or outside of the main contact sports, 27-year-old Australian cricketer Will Pucovski, who retired in April after sustaining an estimated 13 concusions in his first-class career due to blows to his head from fast bowling.
