Major league baseball added a concussion protocol. USA Youth Ice Hockey should follow this path. A protocol for the player and a protocol for the player causing harm.
Here is the cut from Yahoo...
“It’s a huge step forward,” said Chris Nowinski, a leading advocate for concussion safety in sports. “This sort of program closes a lot of the major holes in their policy. This puts them at a very reasonable place. Leagues should have concussion protocols, if not for the ethics than at least to keep their best players on the field.
“It’s nice to see an innovation like the seven-day disabled list.”
The new DL, to be used only for concussions and other mild traumatic brain injuries, is the first change to disabled-list rules in more than 20 years. The shortened duration – the typical DL is 15 days – is sufficient to evaluate head injuries. Teams reluctant to lose a player for more than two weeks will be willing to err on the side of caution for a one-week absence.
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