>> Anchor: CONCUSSIONS IN
SPORTS ARE A GROWING CONCERN FOR
MANY PARENTS.
>> WHEN I WAS PLAYING IT WAS
YOUR HEAD WAS A BATTING RAM AND
HEAD.
>> Anchor: FOR DR. HUTCHINSON
FORMER FOOTBALL ALL AMERICAN NOW
EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN
FOLLOWED VERY CLOSELY.
>> IT TOOK ON A NEW MEANING WHEN
HIS OWN SON DECIDED TO FOLLOW IN
HIS FOOT STEPS TO PURSUE
GRIDIRON GLORY AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF MICHIGAN NEXT FALL.
DR. FRANK MCGEORGE HAS THEIR
SUPPORTIVE.
>> Reporter: EXACTLY.
BUT IN EMERGENCY ROOM WE SEE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD CONCUSSIONS
WATCHING HOW THE CONCERNING
CONCUSSIONS HAS EVOLVED MIGHT
SEEM ODD IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM
PHYSICIAN WOULD BE SO SUPPORTIVE
HIS SON PLAYING.
BUT HE IS AND IT IS BECAUSE OF
HIS UNIQUE INSIDERS VIEW.
TO SAY DR. HUTCHINSON
UNDERSTATEMENT.
>> I PLAYED TWO YEARS FOR BOW
AND THREE FOR MO AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
TEAM CAPTAIN 1992.
ALL AMERICAN IN 1992.
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
NEVER LOST TO OHIO STATE.
>> HOW MANY TIMES WOULD YOU SAY
YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD A CONCUSSION?
ANSWER.
BECAUSE THE DEFINITION OF A
CONCUSSION IS DIFFERENT THAN
NOW.
EASILY FIVE.
>> Reporter: BACK THEN IT TOOK
TAKEN SERIOUS.
>> I AS LONG AS YOU ARE NOT
VOMITING AND HAVE A HORRIBLE
HEADACHE AND YOU HAVE NOT BEEN
KNOCKED OUT GET BACK IN THERE.
>> Reporter: TIMES HAVE
CHANGED.
HUTCHINSON SAW DEFINITION OF A
CONDITION CUSHION BECOME
MANAGEMENT.
>> NOWADAYS IT IS MUCH MORE
FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, GIVING THE
KIDS TIME ON HEAL.
BEING CAREFUL.
LET THEM GO BACK.
AND RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW,
ALL STATE SOCCER GAME IS
IMPORTANT BUT IT IS NOT THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE.
>> Reporter: HE HAS THOUGHT OF
IT IN THOSE TERMS.
AS HIS SON ADEN FOLLOWS IN HIS
FOOT STEPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN IN 2018.
HE SAID HE IS COMFORTABLE WITH
HOW THE GAME HAS EVOLVED.
>> SO MUCH SAFER.
WHAT THEY FOCUS ON.
ON.
PRACTICING TECHNIQUES.
FAUX CUSS ON RECOVERY.
VERY DIFFERENT SPORT
TACKLING TECHNIQUE
>> YOU CHANGE THE WAY YOU HIT.
YOU DO NOT HIT WITH YOUR HELMET
BUT RUGBY STYLE.
LOTS OF WAYS TO BE TAUGHT ABOUT
NOT GETTING BLOSTO YOUR HEAD
>> Reporter: PRACTICE AND
RECOVERY
>> WHEN BRADY HOKE WAS AT
MICHIGAN I WAS AT PRACTICE AND
FIRST TIME I REALIZED THAT THEY
WERE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE TWO
FULLY PADDED PRACTICES DURIN
TWO-A-DAYS BACK-TO-BACK.
SO JUST THAT IN AND OF ITSELF
GET INJURED
>> Reporter: NONETHELESS AS A
DOCTOR AND DAD HUTCHINS SON TOOK
HIS SON'S PARTICIPATION IN SPORT
SERIOUSLY
>> I DREW A HARD LINE IN THE
GRADE.
NO EVIDENCE TO SAY SEVEN OR 8 OR
9 IS PROPER TIME TO START.
BUT LATER IS BETTER.
LIKE FOOTBALL.
>> Reporter: AND
FOOTBALL.
MANAGEMENT.
THE TEAMWORK.
I WOULD NOT BE HERE TALKING TO
YOU RIGHT NOW IF IT WAS NOT FOR
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK IT
IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE FOOTBALL A
GAME ITSELF?
TERM.
PROBABLY SAFER.
CLEARLY FULL CONTACT SPORT AND
IT IS NOT WITHOUT RISK.
BUT THE RISK IS MUCH LESS THAN
IT WAS
ANALYSIS,
>> I AM 100 PERCENT COMFORTABLE
LETTING MY SON PLAY HIGH SCHOOL
AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL
>> Reporter: HUTCHINSON POINTS
IMPORTANT ROLE.
NOW UNFORTUNATELY HE AND I HAVE
SEEN CASES WHERE HEAVILY
INVESTED PARENTS WE WILL SAY,
PUSHED THEIR KIDS TO RETURN TO
PLAY SOONER THAN RECOMMENDED
AFTER HEAD INJURY.
NO IMPROVEMENT IN RULES OR A BAD
WERE PATTING WILL DIMINISH THE
ROLE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
>> Anchor: THINKING SO MUCH
MORE ABOUT CONCUSSIONS FROM PROS
DOWN TO LITTLE KIDS LEAGUES NOW.
AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS
GROWTH IN CONCERN TOMORROW IS
>> Reporter: THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT THING.
SOME EXPERTS ARE CONCERNED.
THE INCREASE IN AWARENESS IS
HAVING UNINTENTIONAL IMPACT AND
MESSAGES.