“The founder of Notre Dame Fr. Edward Sorin hoped the University would be ‘a powerful means for good.’ The former players initiating this medical study believe they are acting in this spirit of their University, with its commitment to the welfare of its students and its long tradition of leadership in college sports.”
Players’ Prologue
Players’ Prologue
“Our medical study is focused on the future, not the past. We all loved the game that we played at Notre Dame. We just believe that the health of the game and the health of the players go hand in hand.”
Statement of Intent
Statement of Intent
The Independent
Notre Dame Footballers
Medical Research Project*
Notre Dame Footballers
Medical Research Project*
Rocky Bleier Video
Study of Medical Risks Playing American Football
Study of Medical Risks Playing American Football
Join with our group of former Notre Dame footballers
Examining Cognitive and Neuropsychiatric
Functioning and General Medical Status of
Notre Dame Varsity Football Players
from the 1964-1980 Seasons*
Functioning and General Medical Status of
Notre Dame Varsity Football Players
from the 1964-1980 Seasons*
A Research Project of Boston
University School of Medicine
University School of Medicine
Learn more about this study
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“This study begins with the hope of joining together to find some potential answers. If research indicates some cause for concern, then the need for exploration of a number of ideas and issues will arise and those issues will have to be better addressed in the future by everyone involved.”
Why Do This Study
Why Do This Study
Examining Cognitive and Neuropsychiatric Functioning and
General Medical Status of Notre Dame Varsity Football
Players from the 1964-1980 Seasons*
General Medical Status of Notre Dame Varsity Football
Players from the 1964-1980 Seasons*
*This research project is initiated by former
University of Notre Dame football players from the seventeen
seasons 1964-1980. Though the university has informally welcomed the study, the study is entirely independent of the University of Notre Dame and is not officially sponsored or funded by the university.