She said further research was needed to understand
how education can be most effective toward preventing athletes from playing with
concussive symptoms, and thus improving safety.
Formed in December 2010 to determine
how the Ivy League could take a leadership role in trying to limit
concussive hits in football, the committee was co-chaired by Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim and Cornell President David J. Skorton, both medical doctors, and counted among its members various Ivy League head football coaches, administrators, expert consultants, team physicians, and athletic trainers, including Eric Laudano, M.H.S., A.T.C., head athletic trainer at the University of Pennsylvania and MomsTeam expert.