{"id":107715,"date":"2024-11-02T00:03:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T00:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/college-quarterbacks-retirements-put-spotlight-on-concussions-and-kids\/"},"modified":"2024-11-02T00:03:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T00:03:50","slug":"college-quarterbacks-retirements-put-spotlight-on-concussions-and-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/college-quarterbacks-retirements-put-spotlight-on-concussions-and-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"College quarterbacks&#8217; retirements put spotlight on concussions and kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-11-01\/Getty_grayson-mccall-1-gty-dp-241031_1730387139009_hpEmbed_3x2.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Lance King\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC\">(NEW YORK) &#8212; The back-to-back <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/wireStory\/nc-states-grayson-mccall-football-back-latest-head-115091690\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retirements<\/a> of two college quarterbacks seemingly at the start of their careers has put a spotlight again on <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/wellness\/story\/study-shows-student-athletes-concussions-games-practices-66276085\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concussions<\/a> and <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/wellness\/story\/leading-pediatric-group-warns-competitive-youth-sports-leading-106567327\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youth sports<\/a>, particularly football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">On Oct. 23, North Carolina State quarterback Grayson McCall announced <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DBfFNXKp2Y5\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Instagram<\/a>that he would retire from the sport after being carted off the field in an Oct. 5 game that saw him lose his helmet in a hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">&#8220;As you all know I have battled injuries my whole career, but this is one that I cannot come back from. I have done everything I can to continue, but this is where the good Lord has called me to serve in a different space,&#8221; McCall, 23, wrote alongside photos of him playing football as a young kid. &#8220;Brain specialists, my family, and I have come to the conclusion that it is in my best interest to hang the cleats up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Just five days later, on Oct. 28, University of Michigan quarterback Jack Tuttle announced that he too is retiring from football, also citing medical reasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Tuttle, a seventh-year senior, underwent surgery on his throwing arm in the offseason, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/42061748\/michigan-qb-jack-tuttle-retires-football-cites-health\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> ESPN, and then this season suffered the fifth concussion of his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\"><span>&#8220;Unfortunately, the recent experience of enduring my fifth concussion has brought forth the painful truth: that I need to start prioritizing my health,&#8221; Tuttle, 25, wrote, in part, in an <\/span><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DBr_LODy2vs\/?hl=en\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram post<\/a><span> announcing his retirement. &#8220;Throughout my college career, I&#8217;ve battled numerous injuries, culminating in this difficult choice to step away from playing the game that I love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Both Tuttle and McCall noted that they planned to stay involved with football through coaching, with McCall writing, &#8220;I look forward to taking my passion and love for the game into the coaching space to serve and lead the next group of kids with a dream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Whether it&#8217;s safe for young kids to dream of playing football is a conversation starting again in the wake of the quarterbacks&#8217; retirements, as well as the recent deaths of two youth football players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Among youth sports, boys&#8217; football has the highest rate of concussion, with10.4 concussions per 10,000 athlete exposures, according to a 2019 study <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/publications.aap.org\/pediatrics\/article\/144\/5\/e20192180\/38225\/Concussion-Incidence-and-Trends-in-20-High-School?autologincheck=redirected\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> in the journal Pediatrics. Girls&#8217; soccer and boys&#8217; ice hockey followed behind with the second and third highest rates, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\"><span>For kids who start playing tackle football at a young age, the concussions can start just as young. A <\/span><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpeds.com\/article\/S0022-3476(18)31586-5\/fulltext\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 study<\/a><span> found that 5% of youth football players ages 5 to 14 suffer a football-related concussion each season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">And the science shows that each concussion &#8212; caused by a jolt to the head or a hit to the body &#8212; matters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">While not usually life-threatening, the effects of even a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) or concussion, can be &#8220;serious,&#8221; <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/traumatic-brain-injury\/about\/index.html\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, causing changes to the brain that can impact a kid&#8217;s sleep, learning, behavior and thoughts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Over time, repeated concussions can cause long-term problems with concentration, memory, balance and headaches, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/concussionfoundation.org\/about\/staff\/chris-nowinski\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Nowinski<\/a>, Ph.D., co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on concussion and CTE research, told ABC News that while he doesn&#8217;t know the specifics of Tuttle&#8217;s and McCall&#8217;s, it&#8217;s notable that they retired from football now, during their college careers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">&#8220;It&#8217;s important remember, you only get one brain, and when you&#8217;re playing football, you&#8217;re risking your long-term brain health,&#8221; Nowinski said. &#8220;And so you want to make sure that when you get warning signs that your brain is losing its resilience to trauma, you shut it down before it gets too bad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">He added of Tuttle and McCall, &#8220;They&#8217;re better off finding that new passion versus running their brain to the ground and dealing with those consequences for the rest of their lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"RxNCg PvZ nIjPJ PMXYp LmsHF SfAHY mNgye lNbol LBPRq\">Takeaways for parents and young athletes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Nowinski said he recommends that if a child is interested in playing football, they play flag or touch football instead of tackle football for as long as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">It&#8217;s a recommendation <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/traumatic-brain-injury\/data-research\/comparing-head-impacts\/index.html\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">echoed by the CDC<\/a>, which cites <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/1941738121992324\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> showing youth tackle football players had 15 times more head impacts during a practice or game than flag football athletes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">If a child is playing tackle football, safety recommendations from the CDC include reducing the number of contact practices for teams, teaching position-specific and age-appropriate tackling and blocking skills, and strictly enforcing penalties for head hits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Noting the importance of kids getting as few concussions as possible, Nowinski said he also encourages parents, coaches and trainers to give young athletes more than enough time to recover from a concussion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">&#8220;That means staying out longer than a week after a concussion, and potentially staying out longer than is even recommended,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And that when there are two concussions in a shorter period of time, that you take longer off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">For young athletes hesitant to miss a game or practice, Nowinski said the takeaway message is, &#8220;The more [concussions] you get, the more you risk having to step away from your sport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/profiles.utsouthwestern.edu\/profile\/11587\/c-munro-cullum.html\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Munro Cullum<\/a>, a concussion expert and neuropsychologist from UT Southwestern\u2019s O\u2019Donnell Brain Institute, told ABC News that he tells parents and athletes, &#8220;If in doubt, sit it out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">&#8220;If you have questions about how you&#8217;re doing, the line I use for a lot of young adults that I see is, &#8216;If you&#8217;re impaired and not functioning at your best, you can&#8217;t be the best for your team,'&#8221; Cullum said. &#8220;&#8216;You can&#8217;t be there for your team in full strength, and therefore, you need to let people know when there&#8217;s something wrong.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Cullum said that parents and guardians can often be the first line of defense when it comes to identifying a concussion in their child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">&#8220;I encourage parents to educate themselves about concussion signs also because some of the changes can be very subtle,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Their behaviors may change and maybe only a parent would notice that somebody&#8217;s more sullen or they&#8217;re more anxious than they used to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">In some cases, symptoms of concussions may appear right away, while in others it may take hours or days after the injury for symptoms to appear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Concussion symptoms can range from dizziness, nausea, vision problems and headaches to concentration problems, fogginess, anxiety, sadness, nervousness or changes in sleep, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/traumatic-brain-injury\/signs-symptoms\/index.html\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the CDC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">When it comes to knowing whether the latest concussion is one too many for an athlete, Cullum said there is no &#8220;magic number.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN\">&#8220;We don&#8217;t yet know how many concussions are too many or for whom,&#8221; Cullum said, adding, &#8220;It&#8217;s what&#8217;s unique about one individual versus another. There can&#8217;t really be a blanket prescription that&#8217;s right for everybody. One size doesn&#8217;t fit all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lance King\/Getty Images (NEW YORK) &#8212; The back-to-back retirements of two college quarterbacks seemingly at the start of their careers has put a spotlight again on concussions and youth sports, particularly football. 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