[MHGinTN]

I was sitting on the forty yard line at the game where Nick Bonicontti’s son had his broken neck collision ... very similar circumstance and hit position for his head and back. Had that collision happened this weekend, surgeons might have been able to save the youngman’s mobility. Everett has a long road of therapy ahead, regardless of current prognosis.

[Comstock1]

I know that Nick has been very active in raising funds to do research in this field. I wonder if any of his efforts might have gone into improved techniques or equipment that helped out in this situation?

That said, I am so glad to here about this seemingly positive outcome.

[Alberta's Child]

The advances in medical training among professional sports teams in recent years have gone a long way toward improving a player's chance of recovering from injuries like this.

The National Hockey League, for example, treats every player who loses consciousness on the ice as if he has sustained a major spinal injury -- just in case. That became part of the league's standard operating procedure within the last couple of years.