Concussion in Sport

[Neils]

Live at 10am on BBC Parliament (504 Sky).
Involves the RFU apparently.
Probably very dry but might shine a light.

[InBetweenWasp]

Did you watch it Neils?

I think Rugby Union is doing a pretty good job of seeking to manage and mitigate concussion effects at the moment.

[Neils]

Watched large chunks of it.

How the round ball game can put up with Graham Taylor representing them I just do not know. I know most footballers are lacking in brightness but even they can see that he was wittering way off subject. I have sympathy with the cancer in his family members but it was way off subject - thankfully the Chair interupted him often.

Hopley was well versed in the subject for rugby. Quietly impressive especially when dealing with the SNP's Nicholls who seemed to want to blame anyone with an English accent for getting it wrong from Webb Ellis onwards. KInd of woke/blame culture. I liked that the committee must have been impressed that rugby and racing are looking at it seriously and gathering information to make changes as quickly as they identify matters.

I missed the second half with the scientists but think I recorded it or will find it to skim through.

In summary not all my late morning was a lost cause but Parliamentary Committees do my head in (now I am retired I thought I wouldn't have to sit through any more and believe me the dentist without a jab or gas is preferrable).

[RogerE]

Neils - Hope it was Gordon Taylor, not Graham.

Heard some of it, and have to agree that Rugby sounded more "on it" then Soccer.

You are right about that SNP MP - the chip on her shoulder is huge.

[Neils]

Correct slip up - Gordon. Had to deny PFA asleep - couldn't tell from him.