A study conducted by Harvard Law School recommended that any medical personnel treating NFL players should stop reporting to team management or coaches.
The two-year study by the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School released a 493-page report on Thursday called "Protecting and Promoting the Health of NFL Players: Legal and Ethical Analysis and Recommendations." The study sets out to protect and promote the health of NFL players.
"The intersection of club doctors’ dual obligations creates significant legal and ethical quandaries that can threaten player health,” the report says.
Among the 76 recommendations of the study include the NFL and NFL Players Association not using health issues in collective bargaining negotiations, players with diagnosed concussions should be able to be placed on a short-term injured reserve list that doesn't count against the team’s 53-man active roster.