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The National Football League's Sean Taylor, a star defensive player for the Washington Redskins, was in critical condition after being shot at his home near Miami by a suspected intruder on Monday, police said.

Taylor, 24, who was the Redskins' first pick in the 2004 draft, was airlifted to Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment, police said.

The Miami Herald newspaper reported that Taylor and his girlfriend were startled after hearing an intruder at the rear door of his home and said Taylor, who suffered severe blood loss, was wounded by a gunshot to the groin.

Police declined to confirm those details, including the Herald's report that Taylor faced possible brain injury due to blood loss, but said he remained in critical condition on Monday evening.

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We have all noticed the attention of late on sports and war related brain injury. I came across another article in People magazine ( October 8,2007) about the increasing number of concussions in high school football.

…while other serious injuries have declined in the past 10 years, the percentage of injuries that are concussions has nearly doubled, according to a July study by the Center for Injury Research and Policy in Columbus, which notes the numbers might be higher. “It’s a very underreported injury, so we’re pretty sure this is just the tip of the iceberg,” says Dawn Comstock, the study’s lead researcher and an assistant professor at Ohio State University School of Medicine. “Kids, coaches, parents, all of us have to take this injury much more seriously.”

Of course, no one is advocating a ban on the great American sport (which has more injuries than any other high school sport), the attention is creating increased safety. Several hundred high schools now use neurocognitive tests to help determine whether a player has healed.  High schools already have injury guidelines stressing that players shouldn’t be sent back into a game after a concussion – and definitely not until they’re examined by a physician.

 
Safety advocates received support when the NFL adopted stricter guidelines for when a player can return to play after a head injury. The NFL recently came under attack when three retired players who died were found to have suffered severe brain damage in their 40’s and 50’s. “As the NFL goes, so goes everyone else,” said Dr. Robert Cantu, co-director of the Neurological Sports Injury Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. “If the NFL says this is wrong, then colleges and high schools will say the same.”

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The New York Times published a great article about the dangers associated with not recognizing the signs and warnings associated with Football injury.  Too often sporting goals prompt those who could make a difference dealing with injuries to fail players and themselves.  The issues of multiple impacts and multiple concussions seen in many contact sports like football and boxing are getting more and more attention.

The National Football League has recently faced questions about its handling of concussions after four former players were found to have significant brain damage as early as their mid-30s. But teenagers are more susceptible to immediate harm from such injuries because, studies show, their brain tissue is less developed than adults’ and more easily damaged. High school players also typically receive less capable medical care, or none at all.

At least 50 high school or younger football players in more than 20 states since 1997 have been killed or have sustained serious head injuries on the field, according to research by The New York Times.

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