A concussion is a brain injury, and all brain injuries are serious.

If you didn’t know that before the worst week of Tua Tagovailoa’s life, you should know it now.

A concussion is a brain injury, and all brain injuries are serious.

Let me say it louder for the cavemen in the back grunting about snowflakes and the see-no-evil spotters in the booth in an NFL stadium near you.

A CONCUSSION IS A BRAIN INJURY, AND ALL BRAIN INJURIES ARE SERIOUS.

You know who understands? The Alabama High School Athletic Association. That sentence is the first line of the Concussion Information Form that all AHSAA student-athletes and their parents are supposed to sign every year. That form contains excellent information on the signs and symptoms of concussions, as well as the AHSAA Concussion Policy, which states: