Over the past year this author has been volunteering with the charitable organization Fighting Foundation. One of the goals is bringing better concussion and CTE education to combat sports, because data shows that better-educated fighters get less CTE.
We are very proud to announce – thanks largely to the tireless advocacy of Fighting Foundation founder and board member Carla Duran – that the Nevada State Athletic Commission recently added important brain health and safety information to their website.
British Columbia became the first commission to adopt CTE and concussion basics for fighters. That was followed by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Department of Athletic Regulation, which became the first tribal commission to do so. Now Nevada became the first U.S. state commission to adopt these key materials. This represents a major step by one of the most influential regulators for combat sports.
Thank you to NSC executive director Jeff Mullen for taking this positive step!
Nevada has adopted Fighting Foundation’s CTE and concussion posters (co-created by the Association of Ringside Physicians), and also the Foundation’s brain health basics video, along with a short test on the fundamental material.
We hope every commission follows this lead and brings key brain health knowledge to fighters.
As seen immediately above, you can find the links at the NAC’s website under the “Hot Topics” banner.
Author Erik Magraken is a British Columbia litigation lawyer, combat sports law consultant, founder of the Combat Law Sports Blog, and profoundly appreciated UGer.
