| Monday, May 11, 2015 |
| FAA picks Mississippi State to lead unmanned aircraft center | |
 | The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday that Mississippi State University will lead a team of 13 universities in running a new national center to research unmanned aerial vehicles. The National Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems could signify that Mississippi's effort to become a bigger player in the rapidly expanding world of drones is nearing liftoff. The Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) is supposed to help the FAA find ways to safely combine drones with current manned aircraft. "This has been a six-year effort for Mississippi State and three years for our partner universities. We picked our team because they know unmanned systems and they know the FAA. That will make it easier to turn UAS research into FAA rules quickly," retired Air Force General James Poss, who leads MSU's team, said in a statement. |
| Mississippi State selected to lead research on aviation | |
 | The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday selected Mississippi State University as the location for its Unmanned Aerial Systems Center of Excellence. At the civilian academic center, Mississippi State will lead 13 other universities in helping the FAA research methods to integrate unmanned aerial systems into the national airspace. "The FAA's decision recognizes that Mississippi State University and the state of Mississippi are already leaders in unmanned systems," said Gov. Phil Bryant. |
| Mississippi State to host center for unmanned aerial systems research | |
 | Mississippi State University will host the nation's premier civilian academic center focused on research and policies related to unmanned aerial systems. Senator Thad Cochran made the announcement Friday that MSU had won a hard-fought competition for the center. The designation was made by the Federal Aviation Administration. "Mississippi State University and our state have a wonderful opportunity to use their research expertise and unique facilities to advance and influence all aspects of the unmanned aerial sector, from national policies to deployment to manufacturing. Unmanned systems are here to stay and this national center will help ensure that they are used to improve American security and productivity, while protecting privacy," said Cochran, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. |
| Mississippi State Picked for National UAS Center | |
 | U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) on Friday announced that Mississippi State University has won a hard-fought competition to host the nation's premier civilian academic center focused on research and policies related to unmanned aerial systems. Cochran was informed of the selection by Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Friday. The decision culminates a more than four years of bipartisan legislative work led by Cochran, and supported by U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative Gregg Harper (R-Miss.), to have the Federal Aviation Administration establish a National Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. In Mississippi, MSU expects to conduct research that will involve its Raspet Flight Research Lab, the Stennis Space Center and agriculture sites in the Delta. |
| Wichita State, K-State and KU part of new unmanned aircraft research center | |
 | The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it had selected a team led by Mississippi State University -- and that includes Wichita State University -- to operate a new National Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The center, to be based at Mississippi State, will be charged with commercial unmanned aircraft research, development and integration into the nation's airspace, according to a news release from Mississippi State. Kansas State University and the University of Kansas are also part of the team, whose name is Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence. Tracee Friess, a spokeswoman for the National Institute for Aviation Research at WSU, confirmed on Friday WSU's participation in ASSURE. She said NIAR and WSU will assist in projects by providing expertise in areas such as aerodynamic testing. |
| Nusz encourages Mississippi State grads to listen, discern and follow passions | |
 | Mississippi State University graduates heard from a fellow Bulldog who returned to his alma mater to share lessons learned from his own path to success. Thomas B. "Tommy" Nusz, a 1982 MSU petroleum engineering graduate, told students they now have a "license to learn" and encouraged them to consider their graduation as a new starting point. "My hope is that for each of you, your best days are yet to come and that your connection to Mississippi State and the relationships that you developed here do not stop here, but continue to grow with time," he said during spring commencement exercises at Humphrey Coliseum. |
| Mississippi State breaks ground on multiple projects | |
 | Mississippi State University broke ground on multiple projects Friday morning. The projects include two new residence halls and a veterans' facility, which are expected to be completed next year. MSU says architectural firm The McCarty Company of Tupelo is working with contractor W.G. Yates and Sons Construction Company of Philadelphia to complete the buildings by July 1, 2016. The new buildings are made possible, in part, through a $12.3 million gift donated by Tommy and Terri Nusz, alumni of MSU's Class of 1982. The two gave the donation through Infinite Impact, MSU's ongoing capital campaign. |
| Mississippi State Breaks Ground on Residence Halls, Veterans Building | |
| Mississippi State officials and university friends gathered Friday morning to formally break ground for two new residence halls and a premier veterans' facility slated for completion next year. "These facilities will be major assets for our students by offering additional residential spaces to accommodate a growing demand for on-campus housing," said MSU President Mark E. Keenum. "The new veterans' facility, which will house our nationally recognized G.V. 'Sonny' Montgomery Center for America's Veterans, will continue to carry out the university's commitment to serving those who have served our country." |
| MSU-Meridian's Boggan, Cross honored for research | |
 | Two Mississippi State University-Meridian representatives are 2015 selections for exceptional research and leadership recognition. Matthew Boggan and Adrian Cross joined 47 other honorees, their guests and senior administrators for an awards luncheon in the Hunter Henry Center's Hal and Linda Parker Ballroom on the Starkville campus April 30. As a major student-oriented research university, Mississippi State is improving the quality of life "for millions of people here at home and around the world," MSU President Mark E. Keenum said. "Your research is helping make our public schools better, our communities stronger, our food safer, our vehicles more efficient, our critical infrastructure more secure, and our farms and factories both more profitable and more environmentally friendly," he said. |
| MSU-Meridian recognizes outstanding grads | |
| Four outstanding graduates for 2014-15 were among the 115 candidates who walked across the stage during Mississippi State University-Meridian's spring commencement Friday at the MSU Riley Center. |
| MSU-Meridian Students Graduate | |
 | Mississippi State University's Meridian campus put on its spring commencement ceremony in the Riley Center Friday. All these graduating students are getting their degrees in a variety of fields. MSU President Dr. Mark Keenum says the Meridian campus keeps growing thanks to the new programs and facilities available in this area. "We have a lot of growth and excitement," he says. "It means we're bringing more academic programs and opportunities for students in this area to have opportunities to go to college and get a great education and go out and make a difference and make this community even better than it is." |
| Mississippi State's Dumas named to 'Top 50 Under 40' list | |
| Mississippi State's director of university parking, transit and sustainability is a recipient of a Mississippi Business Journal annual honor. Jeremiah Dumas is included on the Jackson publication's 2015 "Top 50 Under 40" list published this month. Honorees, who have not yet reached age 40, are selected for their leadership in local communities and businesses. "I am extremely honored to be recognized for the work that I have done as an employee of Mississippi State and as an active citizen in Starkville," Dumas said. |
| On the move: Mississippi State University | |
 | Dr. Lanny Pace, executive director of MSU College of Veterinary Medicine's Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory System, has been recognized by the National Institute for Animal Agriculture for his dedication to animal agriculture, specifically for involving the organization in aquaculture. Joe Street, associate director for agriculture and natural resources with the MSU Extension Service, has retired, effective April 30. Street began his career at MSU in 1980 as a plant physiologist for the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station in Stoneville and spent 17 years in that position. He played a key role in developing Mississippi's rice industry. |
| Starkville's parks advisory board cancels meeting after city fails to notice | |
| Call it a practice run: Starkville's seven-member park advisory board canceled its Friday meeting after members learned city staff did not properly notice the gathering according to the Open Meetings Act. The board was set to discuss Starkville Parks and Recreation's internal structure and hierarchy as a city-run department, but those talks are now delayed until later this month. Ward 4 Alderman Jason Walker, who serves as the board liaison to the group, confirmed the city was alerted to the meeting, but a state-mandated notice was not posted at either City Hall's or the Sportsplex's front doors before the 11 a.m. session. Erring on the side of caution, advisory board member Sumner Davis advised the group to comply with the Open Meetings Act and wait to discuss topics at the May 20 meeting. |
| 'Unfathomable tragedy': 2 Hattiesburg police officers killed | |
 | On a Sunday when the nation celebrated mothers, Hattiesburg mourned two fallen sons. "No parent should have to bury their child before them, and here we are on Mother's Day, with a tragedy for all America, a tragedy for our community," Mayor Johnny DuPree said. Hattiesburg Police Department patrolmen Benjamin J. Deen and Liquori Tate died at Forrest General Hospital Saturday night after being shot shortly before 8 p.m. while making a traffic stop on East Fourth Street. Three suspects were arrested between the time of incident and 3 a.m. Sunday. "In a city as amazing as Hattiesburg, this is an unfathomable tragedy," said Rep. Toby Barker, R-Hattiesburg. "Everyone in our community feels this one." |
| District 1 race coming down to wire | |
| Some time after the polls close at 7 p.m. Tuesday, the 13-candidate field in the special election for the District 1 U.S. House seat will be culled most likely to two, but possibly one. But most observers believe it will be a bit of a political miracle for any single candidate to garner the majority needed Tuesday in the 24-county District 1 to avoid the June 2 runoff. The more likely scenario would be a bunch of candidates separated by a relatively few votes, leaving many candidates wondering what they could have done differently to have been one of the two to sneak into the runoff. "It is so hard to read what will happen when 12 of the 13 candidates are saying the same thing," said Mississippi State University political scientist Marty Wiseman. |
| 1st Congressional District race wide open | |
| The race for Mississippi's 1st District U.S. House seat left open by the death of Rep. Alan Nunnelee is a shootout of epic proportions, with 13 candidates running in Tuesday's special election. The large field makes a runoff a near certainty. An abbreviated special election schedule and near-parity in name ID, campaign cash and constituencies makes handicapping the race difficult. Each candidate appears to have at least an outside shot at making it into a June 2 runoff. Civic clubs, religious denominations, military, medical -- candidates are trying to lock down any constituency they can in a race where turnout is predicted to be low and a second-runner could make a runoff with a small percentage of the vote. Most politicos have considered Mike Tagert, current Northern District transportation commissioner, the frontrunner. |
| Mississippi's 1st District conservative but picky | |
| Nestled into the hills of northeast Mississippi, the 1st District boasts some of the state's most conservative residents. They're hardworking, church-going, community-minded folks who grow soybeans, build cars and shout "Hotty Toddy" or clang a cowbell every Saturday. Their big cities include Tupelo and the DeSoto County hubs of Southaven, Olive Branch and Horn Lake. Not far behind are Columbus and West Point -- two-thirds of the Golden Triangle -- as well as Corinth and Oxford, home to the University of Mississippi. Most of its 756,400 residents, though, live in rural areas. And while they don't always agree, the people have a long history of collaborating on projects benefiting them all. |
| Hurst, McRae report large campaign cash hauls | |
| Republican challengers Mike Hurst for attorney general and David McRae for state treasurer are reporting large campaign cash hauls in their first finance reports. Most startling, McRae, who's challenging incumbent Republican Treasurer Lynn Fitch, says he's raised $251,729, although his official report for the first quarter was not yet posted on the Secretary of State's website Friday afternoon. Fitch, whose report was already posted, showed only $88,359 raised, with $110,765 cash on hand. McRae, who is said to also be willing and able to self fund his campaign if need be, is believed by many to present a serious challenge to the first-term incumbent Fitch. Early campaign finance numbers would appear to bear that out. |
| Obama's quiet nuclear deal with China raises proliferation concerns | |
 | It seemed like a typical day for President Obama. He taped a TV interview on trade, hosted the champion NASCAR team on the South Lawn and met with the defense secretary in the Oval Office. Not so typical was something that didn't appear that day on the president's public schedule: notification to Congress that he intends to renew a nuclear cooperation agreement with China. The deal would allow Beijing to buy more U.S.-designed reactors and pursue a facility or the technology to reprocess plutonium from spent fuel. China would also be able to buy reactor coolant technology that experts say could be adapted to make its submarines quieter and harder to detect. The White House's willingness to push ahead with the nuclear accord with Beijing illustrates the evolving relationship between the world's two largest powers, which, while eyeing each other with mutual suspicion and competitiveness, also view each other as vital economic and strategic global partners. |
| Breaking: Volvo chooses South Carolina for auto plant | |
 | Volvo announced Monday that it will build a $500 million factory in Berkeley County to produce 100,000 cars a year. Construction on the Swedish automaker's first U.S. plant will start this fall with the first cars produced in 2018. The South Carolina plant will add to four Volvo factories in Europe and China, where the carmaker's parent company is based. Volvo said it would make the latest generation models for sale in the United States and for export at the Berkeley County plant, but did not disclose details. Volvo could employ up to 4,000 workers in the decade after the plant opens. The state employs 46,000 automotive-industry workers, including at hundreds of suppliers, according to the S.C. Automotive Council. |
| U.S. and European Scientists Sign Cooperation Pact | |
 | Laying the groundwork for what they said would be a new era of scientific cooperation, leaders of European and American particle physics initiatives signed an agreement at a White House ceremony on Thursday to share the spoils of their research in the coming decades. Scientists and diplomats said the deal -- signed by the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation and CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research -- allows the United States to continue to collaborate on the world's flagship experiment, CERN's Large Hadron Collider, where the long-sought Higgs boson was discovered three years ago. For the first time, CERN will now be able to collaborate on projects in the United States, a necessity in an age when big scientific experiments are too expensive for any one country or even one continent to foot on its own. "That's a big deal, a big change," James Siegrist, associate director of the Office of Science in the Department of Energy, said in an interview. |
| Taylor to MUW grads: 'You can make a difference in the world' | |
| Dr. Doris Taylor told Mississippi University for Women graduates Saturday learning should not stop once they complete their degrees. "You all have specific degrees, but you know what? Your learning doesn't stop where that degree ends," the MUW alum and renowned scientist told approximately 330 graduates in Rent Auditorium. "You can learn about anything and everything. Learn a new skill, apply the skills you have in a new way and help somebody else." Taylor is the director of both regenerative medicine research and the Center for Cell and Organ Biotechnology at the Texas Heart Institute. Her team has created beating hearts using stem cells in laboratories. "You have to get busy and you have to do something everyday," she told the newest members of The Long Blue Line. |
| UVA president to UM grads: Education 'more than knowledge' | |
| The 162nd Commencement at the University of Mississippi, at which nearly 4,000 students were awarded degrees, marked both tradition and change. Tradition was evident in the first public words before the ceremony began when a boisterous "Are. You. Ready?" launched the crowd into Ole Miss' iconic "Hotty Toddy" cheer. One of the changes was the move of the general convocation to Tad Smith Coliseum -- for the last time ever. For decades, all such Commencement ceremonies had been held in "Tad Pad" before they were moved to the Grove. Threatening weather Saturday, however, moved them back to the Coliseum, prompting Chancellor Dan Jones to muse that the building had "cried out for one more Commencement 'before you tear me down.'" |
| USM vice president says Gulf Park class of 2015 has persevered | |
 | The passion, determination and creativity of the 304 graduates at the 2015 University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park commencement ceremony were on display Saturday at the Coast Coliseum. A great number of the students' mortar boards boasted artistic treatments created by their wearers. University President Rodney Bennett's remarks kicked off the ceremonies, followed by the presentation of the colors by the U.S. Army ROTC color guard and the national anthem. Joseph S. Paul, USM's soon-to-be-retiring vice president of student affairs, spoke about the perseverance of this class. |
| Copiah-Lincoln Community College increases tuition | |
 | Copiah-Lincoln Community College students will see an increase in tuition this fall. Co-Lin's Board of Trustees voted Thursday to raise tuition $45 for full-time students each semester. The student activity fund fee will also increase $45. Co-Lin President Ronnie Nettles said the school's tuition will still be in line with other community colleges. "We were very careful to not do more than needed," he said. "We are very conscientious because tuition affects success." Other efforts to create a balanced budget have included not rehiring for some positions and to hire part-time instructors. |
| ICC's Williams takes on role with State Workforce Investment Board | |
| After 30 years in the community college system, including the past 13 as vice president of economic and community services at Itawamba Community College, James Williams has a new job. Williams recently was named the executive director of the Mississippi's State Workforce Board, and he hopes his experience in Northeast Mississippi will help bring more and better jobs to the entire state. "The state has had a state workforce board for about 12 years, but they've never really had a staff," Williams said. "It's never been funded fully, but legislation last year made that possible now. It's timely because the federal workforce system requires a lot of new planning. It's an opportunity for the state initiatives and federal initiatives to work together and create a single workforce planning for the state." |
| Auburn Family welcomes new graduates | |
 | Michelle McKenna-Doyle, NFL senior vice president and chief information officer, offered brief yet inspirational comments to Auburn University's newest graduates during Saturday's commencement exercises. The Auburn alumna encouraged students to reflect on the past -- specifically their experiences since attending Auburn. She said those experiences can help positively impact their future. "Embrace your past, but don't live in it," she said. "Acknowledge that while these experiences shape you, they don't fulfill you. "Be open to change, and ultimately you'll find the path to your own true heart." McKenna-Doyle discussed how she went from a resident of Rural Route 1 in Enterprise to an NFL executive. She said hard work, big dreams and even some recruiting from Coach Pat Dye led her to the Plains. |
| LSU board approves resolution in support of measures to raise revenue to stave off budget cuts | |
 | A day after the Louisiana House of Representatives passed 11 measures that would raise more than $664 million in extra revenue, the LSU Board of Supervisors on Friday (May 8) approved a resolution supporting the House's move to rollback tax credits and other state tax exemptions. "We know the hard work is not over, and we reiterate, through this resolution, our support for continued support for legislative solutions that can fully restore higher education funding," Ann Duplessis, chairwoman of the Board of Supervisors said in a statement Friday. LSU's resolution commended the House for its efforts on Thursday and called for the Louisiana Senate to follow suit. |
| A semester in, Fuchs refines vision for U. of Florida | |
 | Now that he's had a semester to get settled in as president of the University of Florida, Kent Fuchs has begun to set his own tone for his administration, adopting a highly visible profile using social media to engage with students, faculty, staff and alumni. After several incidents in which students have been robbed or attacked on or near campus over the last year, Fuchs wants to make a priority of campus security. He also wants to take a more aggressive approach to increasing diversity, establishing a need-based scholarship program to help impoverished students and particularly African-American students from lower-income neighborhoods. And he said UF should shoot higher than being in the Top 10 among public universities. |
| U. of Kentucky names residence hall after school's first black student | |
 | The University of Kentucky has named one of its new residence halls after the school's first black student. Lyman T. Johnson, the grandson of former slaves, sued and won in federal district court the right to attend UK as a graduate student in 1949. Black students were admitted as undergraduates in 1954 after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown vs. Board of Education. A push to name Central I, which opened in 2013, was made by the Lyman T. Johnson African American Alumni Group. The dorm was the first of many being built on campus as part of a multimillion-dollar building spree. Trustees voted unanimously for the naming Friday. |
| On Kentucky college campuses, sexual assaults go under-reported in official tallies | |
| University of Kentucky police reported 12 sexual assaults on campus in the 2013-14 school year. The University of Louisville and Western Kentucky University each reported one. That same year, 67 people came to the UK Violence Intervention and Prevention counseling center to say they'd been victims of sexual assault. At U of L's Prevention, Education and Advocacy on Campus and in the Community center, there were 43. The WKU counseling center saw 21 victims. The first set of numbers was posted by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the Clery Act, federal reports that use campus data to tell the public about crime on campus. But the official tallies are missing a big part of the picture about campus sexual assault. At Kentucky's public universities that track both sets of data, the gap yawns wide. |
| Texas A&M professor says immigration demographics switching from Mexican to Chinese | |
 | For the past decade in the United States, the word "immigration" has been associated with Mexicans. But changing conditions abroad mean the American perception of an immigrant in the next several years might not be so much Mexican as Chinese, according to Dudley Poston, a professor at Texas A&M University's Department of Sociology. "We're probably reaching the point where the number of people coming in is less than the ones who are leaving our country to go to Mexico," he said. Poston has kept his eye on the shift in demographics for the last several years. While Mexicans still are the largest immigrant group in the country, according to the Migration Policy Institute, Mexican citizens are no longer moving to the U.S. in such large numbers. In 2000, there were 400,000 people living in the U.S. who had been living in Mexico the year prior, four times as many as 2013. That year, only 110,000 residents in the U.S. were living in Mexico. |
| EDITORIAL (OPINION): U. of Southern Mississippi right to fight for financial raises | |
| The Hattiesburg American editorializes: "The University of Southern Mississippi, like many other institutions of higher education, has had its share of financial challenges in recent years, as factors like a weak economy and enrollment dips equate to fewer dollars rolling in. Adjusting to those challenges hasn't been easy: The university has seen some program and budget cuts, which also meant little to no salary increases. ...To help correct this deficit, Southern Miss President Rodney Bennett and the seven other university presidents in the College Board system decided to advocate to the Legislature for an appropriation to cover raises, and their petition was heard. ...We, too, hope to see more students take up the Black and Gold and support this local institution of higher education and its dedicated faculty and staff." |
| GEOFF PENDER (OPINION): Trent Lott for governor, 2019? | |
| The Clarion-Ledger's Geoff Pender writes: "Trent Lott for governor, 2019 -- how's that grab you? It grabbed me, after I heard it from an in-the-know politico who usually has all the good gossip. So I called the former U.S. Senate majority leader on Friday. Is he considering such a run? 'I wouldn't put it that way,' Lott said, laughing. "Some people have suggested I ought to look at that ...I probably laughed and didn't say no ...In politics, if you don't deny it flat out and stomp your feet and cuss, then you must be running.' OK. I didn't hear any stomping or cussing. So, is he considering such a run?" |
| SID SALTER (OPINION): Shrill tone of CD01 race likely script for 2016 | |
| Syndicated columnist Sid Salter writes: "So what do we know after listening to the paid media and the candidate forums in Mississippi's First District free-for-all to choose a successor to the late U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee? With 13 qualifiers, just listing the candidates to succeed Nunnelee consumes time and space. That fact has made meaningful candidate forums and debate difficult despite the best of intentions by most of the candidates and by various good government groups around the districts seeking and scheduling such events. ...Republicans should watch the special election in the state's First District as a dry run for the looming 2016 presidential and congressional races in Mississippi. Expect to hear the same basic themes from GOP candidates fighting to emerge from primaries." |
SPORTS
| Mississippi State softball squad earns NCAA berth | |
| Mississippi State's softball team returns to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive season. The Bulldogs (35-19) return to the Lafayette Regional for the second straight year to take on Baylor (38-15) in the opening round Friday at 5:30 p.m. Weber State and host Lafayette are also in the regional. "I'm just really happy for those of us who have grinded it out all year," said MSU coach Vann Stuedeman. "We're ready to get back down to Lafayette and right some wrongs. We were there last year and it feels very fresh to all of us. I love the opportunity to be dancing and the opportunity to live one more day." |
| Mississippi State softball secures fourth-straight trip to NCAA tourney | |
| The selection committee didn't reward Mississippi State for making its fourth-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs were placed in one of the most competitive regionals in softball's version of the "Big Dance." Mississippi State will play Baylor on Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the Lafayette Regional. The Bears advanced to Oklahoma City and the Women's College World Series last year. |
| Mississippi State's Road Dawgs Tour returns to Biloxi | |
| The Mississippi State "Road Dawgs Tour" will visit Biloxi on Monday from 6-8 p.m. at the Beau Rivage. Football coach Dan Mullen, new men's basketball coach Ben Howland, women's basketball coach Vic Schaefer and Athletic Director Scott Stricklin will headline this year's tour and speak with MSU alumni at the dinner event. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 students ages 11 through 18 and Free for children 10-under. The Biloxi event is being hosted by the Harrison-Stone County MSU Alumni Chapter. All proceeds benefit the Harrison-Stone Scholarship Fund. |
| Celebrating 40 years of women's athletics at Texas A&M | |
| The contrast in numbers is staggering, but the stories paint a much better picture. Texas A&M women's athletics is celebrating its 40th anniversary this school year and the advancements made from the days of sharing one electrical outlet to taking charter flights seem countless. Today, A&M women's athletics is a member of the NCAA, takes part in 10 women's sports, has more than 230 student-athletes and money for 114 scholarships, 35 of which are full rides. It's the budget, or lack of it at the beginning, that is most mind-boggling and makes for tales that show how far women's athletics at A&M have progressed. |
| Concussions Are Most Likely During Practice In High School And College | |
 | Parents worry about a child getting a concussion in the heat of competition, but they also need to be thinking about what happens during practices, a study finds. High school and college football players are more likely to suffer a concussion during practices than in a game, according a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. The numbers are gleaned from three large injury surveillance systems that evaluated the 2012 and 2013 seasons of 118 youth football teams, 96 high school programs and 24 college programs. One reason for the higher number of injuries in practice may be that high school and college athletes practice more often, the authors note, and have more players on the teams. So there are significantly more opportunities to get injured in practice than in a weekly game. |
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