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A Group Of Middle School Students Have Now Taken On The NFL’s Concussion Problem

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The team from Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale won $20,000 in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge, and will move on to further develop the design with researchers at MIT (Image via DailyMail)

Staying healthy has always been a great reason to get involved in sport, but it’s safe to say that the NFL has been facing a brand crisis during the concussions saga- Will Smith even got in on the act in his latest movie. The list of ex-players diagnosed with CTE- a degenerative brain condition- continues to grow, as does the number of casualties in youth football.