Concussions in sports, ranging from sports of youth to the ones of the highest professional levels, have come out to be a serious issue given the advancements in neuroscience and technology. Being a high-contact sport, football leads, other sports in persistent concussions and has garnered the most attention from the neurolaw/neuroscience community in the recent times. Since November 2011, all the six states have either already enacted or have filed regulation specially targeting the concussions that are related to youth sports. Since the year 2006, at a higher level, the NFL has made numerous amendments in its guidelines concerning the events and return-to- play schedule the moment a player shows symptoms of concussions. Moreover, a lot is left to learn about …show more content…
Unlike a sprained ankle or a broken arm, the medical fraternity is unable to make a standard blanket treatment plan for concussions since every case can take a different course. The brain is such an organ that can never be understood completely and does not function in the same pattern in adults as it does in the case of children. Added this, there are a number of symptoms that may cause a concussion to be often diagnosed or misdiagnosed at all. The legislation already leans onto the conservative side, yet until more innovations are made, even stricter restrictions could lead maintenance of brain health and better care in case a player is concussed. An added problem is that the enumeration of powers of the United States Constitution and the abilities of the states to enforce this kind of regulation is to guarantee the safety of the player. While a number of states have adopted some kinds of legislation for sports concussions, some of the statues are minimal and are either infective or are haphazardly enforced and monitored. A national standard would come out to be the best option; however, federal legislation in this