Jenni Carlson
1/15/2016, 02:40 PM
The NCAA's major conferences approved a rule Friday requiring that school medical professionals have autonomous and final authority in deciding when an athlete returns to play from a concussion or other injury, a move lauded as a significant health and safety protection. Although schools are already required to have concussion protocols, the move defines who are the primary medical providers in key decision-making roles and sets a strong wall between team doctors, trainers and coaches, officials said. ''I believe it's the most important piece of legislation in the history of the NCAA,'' said Brian Hainline, the NCAA's chief medical officer and a neurologist.
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