The financial toll of career-ending concussions in professional hockey
Aim: Several high-profile professional hockey players have retired due to career-ending concussions sustained in the National Hockey League (NHL). We sought to determine the salary cost of career-ending concussions in the NHL. Methods: Concussion-induced retirements from 1995 to 2015 were identified...
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| description | Aim: Several high-profile professional hockey players have retired due to career-ending concussions sustained in the National Hockey League (NHL). We sought to determine the salary cost of career-ending concussions in the NHL. Methods: Concussion-induced retirements from 1995 to 2015 were identified using public media sources. The number of missed games due to a player’s final concussion was multiplied by per game salary to determine cost. Results: In total, 35 players were identified: the total cost to teams and insurers of career-ending concussions was US$135,476,777. Half of the total consisted of salaries owing three players with contracts still active in 2015. Conclusion: The financial impact of concussion-induced retirements provides another reason for professional leagues to take measures to better protect their players from concussion. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-314506450b794041b1cc4edcb24e29952025-08-20T03:55:00ZengAldus PressConcussion2056-32992016-12-011410.2217/cnc-2016-0008The financial toll of career-ending concussions in professional hockeyCarmen Hiploylee0Richard Wennberg1Charles H Tator21Canadian Sports Concussion Project, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada1Canadian Sports Concussion Project, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada1Canadian Sports Concussion Project, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, CanadaAim: Several high-profile professional hockey players have retired due to career-ending concussions sustained in the National Hockey League (NHL). We sought to determine the salary cost of career-ending concussions in the NHL. Methods: Concussion-induced retirements from 1995 to 2015 were identified using public media sources. The number of missed games due to a player’s final concussion was multiplied by per game salary to determine cost. Results: In total, 35 players were identified: the total cost to teams and insurers of career-ending concussions was US$135,476,777. Half of the total consisted of salaries owing three players with contracts still active in 2015. Conclusion: The financial impact of concussion-induced retirements provides another reason for professional leagues to take measures to better protect their players from concussion.https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/10.2217/cnc-2016-0008concussioncosthockeyNHLretirementsalary |
| spellingShingle | Carmen Hiploylee Richard Wennberg Charles H Tator The financial toll of career-ending concussions in professional hockey Concussion concussion cost hockey NHL retirement salary |
| title | The financial toll of career-ending concussions in professional hockey |
| title_full | The financial toll of career-ending concussions in professional hockey |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The financial toll of career-ending concussions in professional hockey |
| title_short | The financial toll of career-ending concussions in professional hockey |
| title_sort | financial toll of career ending concussions in professional hockey |
| topic | concussion cost hockey NHL retirement salary |
| url | https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/10.2217/cnc-2016-0008 |
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