As of he state of Ohio is officially joining the nationwide trend of making head injuries in youth sports a legal matter. Ohio’s new youth-concussion law is in full effect today, which requires steps be taken to educate parents, coaches and officials about concussion symptoms in athletes 18 and younger. Under the new legislature, a young athlete showing concussion symptoms must be removed from a game or practice and not be aloud to return to play for at least 24 hours after the sustained injury and until cleared by an authorized physician or licensed health-care provider.
This is a great step in the right direction. As a youth football coach, I have witnessed a coach putting his son back into the game after he had been complaining about his head hurting "really bad." The dad/coach replied, "After that hit son? Get back in there." Who knows if he actually had a concussion, but the way the father treated a possible head injury with such insignificance made me cringe. By making it a law, it puts pressure on coaches and parents to make the better, more educated decision.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2013/04/26/new-concussion-law-guards-kids-in-sports.html
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