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Message: [QUOTE="javadoc, post: 2218775, member: 338"] So what would you do to change it? What gets me is that the NCAA apparently gives the team-appointed doctor sole and absolute discretion on who can play and who can't. Is that really in the best interests of the student-athletes, which the NCAA is supposedly all about? Isn't it more of a sop to the programs, as a CYA/liability move? I'd say that there should be some form of waiver in place whereby the athlete and his family have final say, with outside medical input encouraged if needed. It should be primarily the responsibility of the player to decide what happens with his football career. That's a starting point, anyway. And really, who doesn't know that football is dangerous? It's not like these players picked up a ball suddenly and decided to give it a go at age 18. I think we can assume a starting baseline of general knowledge about the risks involved. [/QUOTE]