my name is jeffrey kutcher. since 2005i have been the director of michigan neurosport, comprehensive academics or serology program which provides clinical care for athletes of all ages and abilities and conducts clinical and basic science research on sports concussion, education to athletes, parents, coaches, administrators, and health care providers. i care for athletes of the time of injury, threw their return to play process, the course of their season, careers, and after they retire. since 2009 have been the chair of these boards neurology. dedicated to the neurological care of athletes. kemp currently co-leading the effort to produce an evidence-based clinical practice guideline, an effort that includes the clinical review and reading of every academic papers published on sports concussion. also important to this topic, the director of the national basketball concussion program and console for the national hockey league players association. clearly there is an issue that has been gaining significant public

jeffrey kutcher. you are not in my opening script. professor department of virology at the university of michigan director of michigan narrow sports and dr. ann mckee, professor of neurology and pathology at boston university and director of arrow path allah g. core, alzheimer's disease center. and mr. mike oliver who is executive director of the national operating committee on standards for athletic equipment. we welcome all of you, and i will just close right there and ask if the chairman of the subcommittee would wish to say something because he has been just terrific on the subject and also the ranking member. go ahead. >> thank you mr. chairman again for holding this very important hearing this afternoon. as a former player it is certainly something i'm interested in but also there are so many moms and dads and coaches and players all across the country that are also very interested and probably should be marches did and what -- and what they realize and that is a great thing about having this hearing is to try and get that infor

jeffrey kutcher. you're not in my opening script, so i had to do this. forgive me. the assistant director. dr. ann mckee, professor of neurology at boston university and director of merrill -- neuropathology core. and, mr. mike oliver, executive director of the national operating committee on standards for athletic equipment. we welcome all of you. i will close right there and ask the chairman of the subcommittee would be willing to say something, and also the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for a scolding this hearing this afternoon. -- holding this hearing this afternoon. there are so many coaches, moms, dads, and players across the country that are very interested, then probably should be more interested than they realize. that is the great thing about having this hearing, trying to get that information out and discuss a potential, a very serious problem. not a potential serious problem, a very serious problem. sports play a vital role in the development of young women and men. it keeps them physically active, and healthy. according to the national hi

jeffrey kutcher, the assistant professor at the department of neurology at the ever city of michigan. and dr. ann mckee, a professor of neurology and pathology at the boston university and director of the neuropathology core and alzheimer's disease center i guess at boston university. and mr. mike oliver, director of the national operating committee on standards for athletic equipment. we welcome all of you. i will close right there and ask if the chairman of the subcommittee would wish to say something because he has been terrific on the subject. >> thank you, a chairman for holding this very important hearing this afternoon. as a former player, it is something i am interested in. but also, there are some moms and dads and coaches and players all across the country that are very interested. they probably should be more interested than what they realize. i think that is the great thing about having this hearing is to try to get that information out and discuss a potentially very serious problem. not a potential problem, a very serious problem. sports late a vital role in the developme