Two conferences known for brains and athletics team up to study head injuries

A few days ago, the Big Ten Conference and the Ivy League announced that they will be banding together to study the effects of head injuries in sports. This announcement comes nearly a year after the Ivy League reduced the number of contact practices a team could hold during the season, also in an effort to combat head injuries. The move a year ago was unprecedented, and this type of study between potentially all 20 institutions is fairly uncharted waters as well.

But when it comes down to it, the study (or studies? how do you quantify something like this that could involve 20 colleges/universities?) seems to be about the B1G and Ivy schools trying to figure out ways to prevent concussions, and perhaps study their long-term effects. 

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