Longer Periods Of Time

Athletes should be required to sit out for longer periods of time. Injured athletes should sit out longer seeing as the effects of concussions are very serious, they could be at risk of getting another concussion once they go back out to play and they could get long term damage in the process of getting a second one. Even though they are sitting out for long periods of time, the brain injury might not go away completely. In article 3, it states that one concussion can linger for 30 years or longer in a single person's life. However, in article 1 they state that 10% of athletes take more than 7 days to recover. If an athlete doesn't sit out longer once they've had their first concussion, they are vulnerable to a second one and there are severe