Ontario sports minister Neil Lumsden will donate his brain to concussion research.
Neil Lumsden - The Canadian PressTORONTO — Neil Lumsden has signed his organ donor card for decades, so the decision to do his part for concussion research was a no-brainer.
"Why have I been immuned? There's got to be a reason, I want to know what that reason is and more importantly I want the research to find out when the time comes to make things better and safer for those that come me. Both of my kids were involved in sport, contact on all fronts and I want it better for their kids and everyone's kids and grandkids."
CLFC executive director Tim Fleiszer, also a former CFL player who's the only one in league history to win four Grey Cups with four different teams, applauded Lumsden for his public declaration. Lumsden, 71, of London, Ont., won a Vanier Cup with the University of Ottawa in 1975. He went on to play 10 CFL seasons with Toronto , Hamilton and Edmonton , where he won three Grey Cups.
"But repeated blows to the head and the results of those are not the same for everyone, not even close. If I can find out why and help someone else through research, why the heck wouldn't I through something that's very important to me, and that is sport, on and off the field?" After being taken down by Buffalo's Damar Hamlin, Tagovailoa hit his head on the ground and struggled to immediately get up. He eventually was able to walk off the field, but the image of a prone Tagovailoa, his arm up in the air, prompted some NFL officials to suggest the former Alabama star should consider retirement following his third concussion since 2022.
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