- 440 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
By recounting the untold story of the most influential sports campaign in British newspaper history, which turned concussion in professional rugby from a niche issue into front and back page news, Concussed poses the questions all sports lovers need answering as evidence grows linking sports-related concussions to premature deaths and dementia. Written by Sam Peters, the journalist who spearheaded the Mail on Sunday's Cudlipp Prize nominated concussion campaign, Concussed reveals one man's attempts to blow the whistle on a mounting head injury crisis. For years, his efforts saw him labelled a 'pariah' and almost forced him out of the sport he loved for good. Including exclusive interviews with bereaved families whose stories have never been told before, as well as high-profile administrators, medics, current and past players, coaches, lawyers and media figures, Peters recounts the countless battles he fought and the threats he faced in a sport whose macho culture masked the urgent need to radically overhaul player welfare standards.
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Print ISBN
9781838955779
Subtopic
Sports MedicineTable of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 A love affair begins
- 2 Growth, growth, growth
- 3 Someone’s going to have to die
- 4 Bloodgate, statistics and damned lies
- 5 Nothing to see here
- 6 Death of a schoolboy
- 7 The campaign begins
- 8 Pulling the pin
- 9 Even the doctors are laughing
- 10 Head games
- 11 A tale of two valleys
- 12 ‘Not a rugby man’
- 13 Justice for Jeff
- 14 Going rogue
- 15 The bomb goes off
- 16 If in doubt, sit them out
- Appendix
- Acknowledgements
- Picture Sections
- Index
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