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PAC 12 Student Athlete Reforms: Key Points

On January 20, 2017, the PAC-12 reported the passage of a number of student-athlete reforms. In fact, as soon as details became available, we published those verbatim as well. The University of Washington runs an excellent student athlete program, or programs, and will have no problem tweaking the procedures to provide for these changes.

But there are two areas that are of particular interest: concussion protocol and Multi-year athletic scholarships.

Key Point I: Concussion Protocol

On one hand, concussion injuries are no stranger to UW. In fact, the university is one of the leading researchers in the field.