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More than 1 in 4 football and rugby union fans think not enough being done to prevent concussions in the professional game
With the impacts of concussion in professional sport becoming increasingly clear, do the public think enough is being done to tackle the problem?
By Keiran Pedley and Ben Roff
New research by Ipsos in the UK shows more than one in four football and rugby union fans do not think enough is being done to combat concussions in professional football and rugby union.
In a nationally representative poll of 2,051 British adults aged 16-75, Ipsos interviewed 921 football fans, 519 rugby union fans and 447 fans of cricket. In total, more than one in four football fans (28%) thought not enough was being done to prevent concussions in football. Meanwhile, 29% and 20% of rugby union and cricket fans thought not enough was being done in rugby union and cricket respectively.
However, overall more fans of each sport thought enough was currently being done with around one in fo...
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