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ms. scurry? >> yes, well, thanks for the question. that is very relevant, actually, because my hit, when i watched it actually last night again on video, it doesn't seem to be a hit that would have taken me out of the game. as it was, i got hit and there was a few minutes later before i actually ended up coming out. there really -- there wasn't even a foul called, actually. so that's part of the problem, right? sometimes a hit is a glancing blow, and it doesn't even really seem to be anything that's a big deal. but i think for me, my main focus is what is done after a hit occurs and to keep children and young players off the pitch after a blow occurs to assess them. then determine whether they're ready to go return to play or not. i think that is the key for me and why i'm speaking out about this because i've been around the country talking to different organizations, and i'm finding that kids are getting concussions five, six, seven in a very short period of time because they're returning to pla
ms. scurry? >> yes, well, thanks for the question. that is very relevant, actually, because my hit, when i watched it actually last night again on video, it doesn't seem to be a hit that would have taken me out of the game. as it was, i got hit and there was a few minutes later before i actually ended up coming out. there really -- there wasn't even a foul called, actually. so that's part of the problem, right? sometimes a hit is a glancing blow, and it doesn't even really seem to be...
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ms. scurry? >> yes, well, thanks for the question. that is very relevant, actually, because my hit, when i watched it actually last night again on video, it doesn't seem to be a hit that would have taken me out of the game. as it was, i got hit and there was a few minutes later before i actually ended up coming out. there really -- there wasn't even a foul called, actually. so that's part of the problem, right? sometimes a hit is a glancing blow, and it doesn't even really seem to be anything that's a big deal. but i think for me, my main focus is what is done after a hit occurs and to keep children and young players off the pitch after a blow occurs to assess them. then determine whether they're ready to go return to play or not. i think that is the key for me and why i'm speaking out about this because i've been around the country talking to different organizations, and i'm finding that kids are getting concussions five, six, seven in a very short period of time because they're returning to pla
ms. scurry? >> yes, well, thanks for the question. that is very relevant, actually, because my hit, when i watched it actually last night again on video, it doesn't seem to be a hit that would have taken me out of the game. as it was, i got hit and there was a few minutes later before i actually ended up coming out. there really -- there wasn't even a foul called, actually. so that's part of the problem, right? sometimes a hit is a glancing blow, and it doesn't even really seem to be...
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ms. scurry? >> yes, well, thanks for the question. that is very relevant, actually, because my hit, when i watched it actually last night again on video, it doesn't seem to be a hit that would have taken me out of the game. as it was, i got hit and there was a few minutes later before i actually ended up coming out. there really -- there wasn't even a foul called, actually. so that's part of the problem, right? sometimes a hit is a glancing blow, and it doesn't even really seem to be anything that's a big deal. but i think for me, my main focus is what is done after a hit occurs and to keep children and young players off the pitch after a blow occurs to assess them. then determine whether they're ready to go return to play or not. i think that is the key for me and why i'm speaking out about this because i've been around the country talking to different organizations, and i'm finding that kids are getting concussions five, six, seven in a very short period of time because they're returning to pla
ms. scurry? >> yes, well, thanks for the question. that is very relevant, actually, because my hit, when i watched it actually last night again on video, it doesn't seem to be a hit that would have taken me out of the game. as it was, i got hit and there was a few minutes later before i actually ended up coming out. there really -- there wasn't even a foul called, actually. so that's part of the problem, right? sometimes a hit is a glancing blow, and it doesn't even really seem to be...
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ms. scurry, let me ask you this one. i, too, was shocked to learn that soccer had the second most concussions, which is a really dominant youth sport. are you seeing changes within soccer? and unlike there's an obvious top-to-bottom connection that we heard from the nhl and the nfl, is anything like that occurring in soccer? occurring in soccer? >> thank you for the question. i too was very surprised to read that statistic. it is so high in part because the explosion of players that are playing soccer now in the last years. i'm not finding that soccer ple completely grasped the situation. part of the reason i'm here today is to shed light that soccer too should be instrumenting different protocol like nhl and nfl are and the governing body for soccer, u.s. soccer will start to understand that our great sport is in danger of having too many head injuries and that something does need to be done about it and something needs to be instrumented. >> thank you and i think your assessment of the game that you played in winning t
ms. scurry, let me ask you this one. i, too, was shocked to learn that soccer had the second most concussions, which is a really dominant youth sport. are you seeing changes within soccer? and unlike there's an obvious top-to-bottom connection that we heard from the nhl and the nfl, is anything like that occurring in soccer? occurring in soccer? >> thank you for the question. i too was very surprised to read that statistic. it is so high in part because the explosion of players that are...