Fifteen national youth sports organizations and sports medicine organizations have banded together into the National Sports Concussion Coalition in an attempt to create “the most comprehensive alliance of its kind.” Here’s the list:

The coalition plans to find the best ways to diagnose and treat youth sports concussions by working with concussion experts and sports medicine professionals. Members will also share findings with one another from their own individual research and conduct joint studies with pooled finances. The coalition also plans to educate players and parents about concussions through outreach programs.

While we’ve heard of many such endeavors being made in the recent head injury publicity, this is the first of its magnitude. The unprecedentedly large-scale endeavor effort could go a long way to helping kids to play it safer in whatever sport they choose.

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