Oct 07, 2009 — See The Associated Press (national)
The days of a football player getting his bell rung, taking a whiff of smelling salts and getting back on the field are gone. ... (Dr. Julian) Bailes, who set up the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the baseline tests "are very important adjuncts. But the No. 1 thing we go by is the symptoms. If any of those symptoms are spotted, then they shouldn't return to play."
