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Coach's views outdated

Posted: 10/5/2012 1:00 AM | Comments: 0

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Re: Bombers QB Pierce has concussion but wants to play (Online, Oct. 2). Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Tim Burke is a relic whose views on concussions deserve being left on the curb. He not so subtly showed his cavalier approach to concussions -- which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention properly describe as a traumatic brain injury -- by saying quarterback Buck Pierce only has "a mild concussion and not anything really bad."

There is no such thing as a traumatic brain injury that isn't anything really bad. For proof, ask any of the 3,689 former NFL players involved in the 155 concussion-related lawsuits against the NFL.

Both the Blue Bombers and the CFL need to breathe in the smelling salts, give their heads a shake and treat concussions for what they are -- a serious public health problem that deserves more than what it is getting in Canadian professional football.

JON HESHKA

Kamloops, B.C.

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 5, 2012 A15

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