{
  "id": 1479729,
  "title": "Sports leagues' concussion guidelines must be broadened as brain health concerns rise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/sports-leagues-concussion-guidelines-must-be-broadened-as-brain-1479729",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T12:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-sports-leagues-concussion-guidelines-broadened.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}