Georgia Cheerleaders Suffered More Concussions Than Football Team, Per School

Concussions have reportedly been more prevalent on the sideline than the football field at the University of Georgia over the past four years.

While the focus on football head injuries has grown significantly recently, Georgia's sports medicine director, Ron Courson, said Tuesday that there had been fewer concussions in the football and soccer programs than in cheerleading during that time frame, according to Laken Litman of USA Today. 

Neither Courson nor the university released concussion figures for cheerleading and football, and as Matt Bonesteel of the Washington Post pointed out, it isn't known if unreported concussions were taken into account.

Courson made his comments at a Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics panel. There Margot Putukian, Princeton's director of athletic medicine, said wrestling produced more concussions than football at the school, per Litman.

Despite the fact that football wasn't presented as the top sport of concern for head injuries, the forum discussed ways to lessen concussion risks on the gridiron, including limiting contact during practice.

Football is undoubtedly at the forefront when it comes to discussing concussions since it is such a popular, high-profile sport, but Courson's findings suggest just as much effort should be dedicated to solving the concussion problem in other sports as well.

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