Cleveland Article Dr Joseph Maroon Discusses Concussion

Bubby NewCleveland.com reporter Stephanie Kuzydym recently interviewed Dr Maroon along with 13 leaders in the field of concussion that appeared her July 16, 2014 article entitled, Concussion game changers: 14 people from Cleveland to Pittsburgh who have advanced football-related brain issuesRead entire article HERE.

“I told him the concussion guidelines say (Brister) needed to stay out a minimum of two weeks,” Maroon recalled. Noll asked who wrote the guidelines. Maroon told the legendary Steelers coach that Maroon himself was on the committee. “He looked at me and said, ‘if you want me to sit a player from a game, I want objective data, not guidelines drawn up by a committee with poor facts,'” Maroon said. “He was right.”