| November,
1967-
"NCAA Grants Injury Research Fund"- The principle
areas of research are to be the head, neck and spine.
On page 1. |
| June,
1970- "Committee Seeks Equipment Standards"- Comments
from the Editor. On page 2. "Committee to Set Equipment
Standards Created". NOCSAE is created. On page 5. |
| Ocotber
1, 1970- "NOCSAE Wants New Head and Neck Injury Studies
for Evaluation"- Their first request to researchers. On
page 3. |
| Ocobter
15, 1970- "Spearing Hit by Medical Group as Dangerous"-
And don't teach face in the numbers either. On page 4. |
| November
01, 1970- "Victory, But Equipment Improvement Still
Sought". Highlights of court case victory ... mechanism
of injury is off ... but many other concepts are already right
on point, including 'heads up' football. On page 3. |
| March
1, 1971-
"New Football Rules to Prevent Injury" A small mention
about the spearing rules being applied to tacklers and blockers.
On page 2. |
| August
15, 1971- "Football Most Dangerous Sport- Says Surgeon"-
He calls for curbing of tackling with the helmet. On page 2. |
February
15, 1976- "Football Rules Stress More Safety in Blocking
and Tackling"- The landmark change to the spearing rules,
with AFCA support. On Pages 1 & 2.
"NCAA to Study Spinal Cord Injury"- Casey Clarke leads
the survey. On Page 2. |
| November
1, 1976- "NOCSAE, Safer Rules Preventing Accidents"-
Deaths decrease but the speculation here that catastrophic cervical
spine injuries have decreased turns out incorrect for 1976.-
On page 7. |
| August
15, 1977- "NOCSAE, Safer Rules Preventing Injury"-
VR Hodgson explains why the NOCSAE standards have been effective
in reducing deaths and head injuries.- On page 4. |
| October
15, 1977- "Sports Safety Guidelines Offered"-
A checklist is provided to minimize liability and increase safety.
Most items are still viable today. On page 4. |
| November
1, 1977- "NOCSAE Tests Promoting Helmet Safety"-
The NOCSAE standard is revised and explained. On page 5. |
September
15, 1978- "Nelson Defends Rules" - NCAA defends
itself against Sprots Illustrated article. And the author seems
a bit aggravated. On pages 1,3,5 & 7.
"List of Approved Helmets Released" - NOCSAE releases
first list of helmets that meet standards. Pg 3.
"Injury Information Sought" - Blyth requests information
on catstrophic injuries and fatalities. Page 7. |
Ocotber
15, 1978- "Discussing the Injury Problem- It's time
for a good self-examination". On page 2.
"Safeguards Committee Asks for Sharing of Responsibility"-
Athletes need to accept some responsibility for injury prevention.
Great piece. On page 5. |
| February
15, 1981- "Fitting of Equipment Important"- The
guillotene helmet concept or hyperextension of neck is not the
cause catastrophic spine injuries. On page 6 |
| March
15, 1981- "1980 Football Fatalities Show Slight Increase"
- But the overall trend continues downward. On page 1. |
| August
15, 1981- "Nocsae Releases Football Helmet List"
- Updated list of helmets with NOCSAE approval. On pages 4 &
6. |
| March
2, 1988- "Football Fatalities in 1987 Were at an 11
Year Low"- A continued effort is needed to keep the head
from being the primary point of contact. On page 2. |
| November
28, 1988- "Helmet Use in Tackling Causes Serious Injury,
Study Shows"- Torg emphasizes these injuries are not caused
by freak accidents. On page 18. |
| October
28, 1996-
"Cerebral Concussions in Football"- Cantu opines
whether helmets can and should do more. |
| September
22, 1997- "Researchers report fewer football catastrophic
injuries"- NCCSIR summary report. |
| September
13th, 2004- "NATA Tackles Head-Down Contact with Position
Statement". NCAA gives some exposure to our position statement. |
| August
15, 2005- "Heads Up Given to Head-Down Contact".
Ron Courson discusses the rule change and how it came about
in 2005. |
| February
13, 2008- "NCAA
Football Rules Committee Proposes Rules to Enhance Student-Athlete
Safety and Encourage Consistent Pace of Play". NCAA again
changes helmet-contact rules to improve enforcement. |