[voice of reason]

Schools are already paying premiums. That is part of their catastrophic insurance. Schools can only be sued for negligence(if a coach did a improper drill, players playing in the wrong level, etc.) Anything medical that happens during practice or games are covered by the catastrophic insurance. While that may go up and has over the last few years it is still managble right now for schools. In all honesty its in the best interest of doctors to keep football due to all of the other type of injuries that occur. There are 10 times the amount of sprained ankles than they are concussions. While they are serious, concussions are a very small percentage of the injuries that occur during a season. The key is the helmet. The better helmet your school has the rate of concussions go down. Also you take a lot of the contact out of practice, practice tackling technique instead of full on tackling, no taking people to the ground, etc. This relieves some of the repetitive blows that increase the percentage of a player receiving a concussion. There isnt anything wrong with football that there isnt wrong with motocross, baseball or any other sport. Coaches just have to be smarter about how they go abou things.

I agree with you to a point, and that is what Mr Collinsworth's issue with HS football, the shear volume of claims will end the game. Schools paying a premium now, doctors making money (neurologists should be the concussion experts, not the family MD or others) still will not address the problem. The blood is in the water and above everything else,the attorneys are the top of the food chain,along with the insurance carriers. Premiums will so high, how many are willing to pay 5 or 10x what they do now for a ticket? not many