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Success Stories

Outreach Impact -- Helping Reduce Concussions Among College Football Players

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After data collected from Ivy League football players showed that kickoffs accounted for 6% of plays but 21% of concussions, coaches recommended new rules that lowered the annual average concussion rate from 11 to 2 per 1000 kickoffs.

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