NEW YORK — The NFL's chief medical adviser believes the league's player health initiatives will lead to safer conditions for all sports.
Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, hired in February to oversee all the NFL's health and safety committees and endeavors, said Tuesday that "the NFL has a major leadership role nationally to improving the health and safety of players in all sports, and will have a watershed effect on college sports and the NCAA, and on pro sports for men and women."
Nabel, the president of Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, has long been a leader in advocacy for health and broadening access to care.