Youth football leagues and concussions

With the new rule that is going into effect at the high school level, I now question what many youth football leagues will do to try to comply with the rule. It will be a significant liability to simply volunteer as an Athletic Trainer to clear a kid to return to play. I imagine that if any ATC does volunteer to do it, they would certainly maintain a very conservative stance on allowing a kid to return, even more so than for the high school student athlete. (If being more conservative is even possible.) Our local youth league is already looking into various options and I plan on consulting to offer them insights as this develops.

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