Polly Shulman’s article “Blowing the Whistle on Concussions” focuses on care to be taken by athletes in case of a concussion. Shulman introduces his topic by telling the story of hockey player Eric Lindro who obtained a concussion in a game that he did not recover well from. Finishing the season with four concussions, six total in the past two years, Lindro was forced to retire prematurely. Shulman then goes on to state that thousands of high school athletes have had the same problems as Lindro. Symptoms to concussions could be very subtle and hard to diagnose, because of this many athletes are obtaining more severe concussions with bad consequences. If a second concussion happens, its damage is not just added onto that of the first concussion,
