(1) High school athletes suffer approximately 4,000,000 Traumatic Brain Injuries (mild, moderate, severe) while playing school-regulated sports.
(2) Many athletes suffer more than one Traumatic Brain Injury.
(3) 1,880,000 Traumatic Brain Injuries (47% of the total) occur during football practices and games.
(4) 25% of Traumatic Brain Injuries in football (approximately 470,000) could be considered severe.
(5) Hundreds of thousands of football players injure their own brains and/ or the brains of their opponents. Preventing Traumatic Brain Injuries is N-S-A's most important goal. Athletes that play safer... play more... play longer.
(6) Approximately 300,000 athletes, who played at least one year of high school football, graduate with a damaged brain each year.
N-S-A RESEARCH
•Every year a half-million youth and high school athletes begin the rest of their lives with a damaged brain
• because Football Game Officials (FGO) refuse to blow Quicker Whistles to protect the players- the primary responsibility of all officials in all contact sports, especially football.
• Every high school football season, players suffer approximately 400,000 severe Traumatic Brain Injuries.
• “Football Game Officials have done nothing to prevent or reduce that number.”
• “Quicker Whistles prevent injuries, especially TBI.”
PROOF
• Moments before each preseason scrimmage, Football Game Officials have very often advised coaches and teams that Football Game Officials will blow 'Quicker Whistles" to prevent season-ending injuries.
• Conversely, those same Football Game Officials refuse to blow "Quicker Whistles" during the regular season.
• WHY REFUSE? What is more valuable than players' brains... both before and during the regular season?
• SLOW WHISTLESare one of the main reasons football players suffer approximately 400,000 severe Traumatic Brain Injuries each season.
• "Quicker Whistles could cut that number in half. It's worth a try!"
• Such is the hypocrisy that endures within Football Game Officials' organization, all of which they refuse to discuss for fear of “ruining the game.”
• What is the rationale of Football Game Officials who allow 400,000 severe Traumatic Brain Injuries each year?
• In order to prevent injuries, "Football Game Officials must anticipate the opportunity to stop the stoppable, prevent the preventable."
"Quicker Whistles prevent injuries"
•By preventing ONE severe Traumatic Brain Injury at every high school football game (Varsity, JV, Freshmen), Football Game Officials could prevent
• 20,000 severe Traumatic Brain Injuries at football games every weekend in the Fall
• 200,000 severe Traumatic Brain Injuries every football season.
