@article{448645,
      recid = {448645},
      author = {Culverhouse, Gay.},
      title = {Throwaway players the concussion crisis : from pee wee  football to the NFL / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Behler Publications,},
      address = {Lake Forest, Calif. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (152 p.) :},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {"The NFL insists players know they're playing a dangerous  game, but players never see the deteriorated mental  capacities of their former heroes.Throwaway Playersis  former Tampa Bay Buccaneers president Gay Culverhouse's  story of the broken bodies and lost souls of the men who  have left the locker room and what remains after the  cheering subsides. Focused on making money rather than the  well-being of their players, this is the dark side of  football the NFL doesn't want fans to see. Additionally,  high schools, colleges, and independent sports  organizations have little oversight when choosing player's  equipment. This breeds a new generation of kids suffering  from multiple concussions and damaged lives. Throwaway  Players offers guidance to parents navigating the world of  competitive sports as well as advocacy and resources for  athletes often left in the dark about appropriate  procedures for treating injuries, especially head traumas.  Throwaway Players is essential reading for any parent,  athlete, and sports fan. Gay Culverhouse testified before  Congress on football head injuries and successfully changed  the policy of including an independent neurologist on the  sidelines of every NFL game. Gay's work with former players  has appeared inThe New York Times, Sarasota Herald Tribune,  St. Petersburg Times, The Tampa Tribune, Time magazine, and  many more. She has appeared on several radio shows,  including PBS and ESPN, and three documentaries are in  post-production (with CNN, ESPN, and an independent  filmmaker). In November 2009, Gay formed The Gay  Culverhouse Players' Outreach Program, Inc., a nonprofit  organization to further the work nationally for retired  players"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/448645},
}