Sports leagues’ concussion guidelines must be broadened as brain health concerns rise

wildpixel/Getty Images Recently, the Australian Football League (AFL) was rocked when it was revealed a Geelong player with a history of concussion had been asked to waive his legal rights to claim for any future brain trauma. A secret waiver but no punishment: the AFL’s concussion conundrum just got murkier It was the latest in a series of concussion issues the AFL has had to address in recent years. But the focus on concussion is problematic. Indeed, concussions are not…