Press Releases

DALLAS, March 24, 2010 – Nearly 200 members of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) from 31 states descended on Congress on Feb. 23, 2010, for the seventh annual “Capitol Hill Day” in an effort to educate members of Congress about the athletic training profession and request their support in the passage of the Athletic Trainers’ Equal Access to Medicare Act of 2009 (ATEAM) (HR 1137).…

Dallas, October 27, 2014 – With high school football season fully underway, there remains a continued national discussion on youth sports safety and athlete awareness of signs and symptoms of concussion. A new Florida-based study, “Concussion Knowledge in High School Football Players,” indicates that despite efforts to improve concussion education among high school athletes and t…

DALLAS, March 31, 2011 –It seems that every day we read, see or hear about another youth sports injury on the playing field: in 2011 alone, at least four young athletes have died; and in 2010, 50 deaths were reported. Recent attention to new concussion protocols in several professional leagues and the risk of chronic or catastrophic injury from other conditions including sudden cardiac arre…

INDIANAPOLIS, March 22, 2016 – At the second Collaborative Solutions for Safety in Sport press conference today, new recommendations, “Implementing Health and Safety Policy Changes at the High School Level from a Leadership Perspective,” were released to an audience of sports and health care professionals. The national event was held at NCAA headquarters and hosted by the National Athletic Trainer…

DALLAS – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association announced a new members-only platform that will make it easier to connect athletic trainers with per diem opportunities at youth sporting events. Go4Ellis, NATA’s newest Preferred Provider approved in December by the board of directors, is a mobile platform that allows event operators or anyone looking for an athletic trainer to provid…

DALLAS – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) has announced that two current board members will take on new leadership roles. The board of directors elected Marisa Brunett, MS, ATC, LAT, as vice president, and Chris Hall, MA, ATC, LAT, was appointed by President Tory Lindley, MA, ATC, to the position of secretary/treasurer . Brunett replaces Lindley, whose presidential term began Jun…

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 27, 2021 -- Today, The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation and longtime Shaquille O'Neal partner Icy Hot® announced the 23 U.S. high schools being awarded Get Game Ready grants, closing out the program launched in September 2020 to help high school athletic programs financially burdened by the pandemic. Between Sept. 25 and Oct. 31, 136 Title I U.S. public high schools from across the coun…

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2014 – In its continued effort to address appropriate safety measures for youth athletes, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association hosted today the fifth annual Youth Sports Safety Summit in Washington, D.C. The event built upon the success of the NATA-founded Youth Sports Safety Alliance and its prior summits. The Alliance, comprising nearly 150 organizati…

DALLAS, TEXAS, February 10, 2015 – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) announces the introduction of the Supporting Athletes, Families and Educators to Protect the Lives of Athletic Youth (SAFE PLAY) Act on February 10, 2015. More than 7 million high school students participate in athletics each year, and more than 30 million children participate in organized sports…

DALLAS, July 29, 2011 –With August nearly here and preseason school sports practices underway, college and high school athletes are returning to the field, mat, gym or arena ready to tackle, kick or swing their way into fall sports activities. “As athletes return to the competitive sports roster, they should gradually acclimatize to their activity of choice and to follow sports safety …