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SSI Newsletter
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đź“š Updated educational resources
The NCAA recently updated its NCAA Drug-Testing educational resources. You can access the email sent to the membership here.
Links to the updated resources are below:
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The NCAA is committed to supporting schools in their effort to support the mental well-being of student-athletes. Seven new mental health facts sheets were developed during 2025-26, including versions for staff and student-athletes.
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âś… Concussion Safety Protocol Checklist Updates
The NCAA Concussion Safety Protocol Checklist and template have been updated to recognize flag football and stunt. The NCAA Concussion Safety Protocol Management page summarizes the updates, including the following.
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Schools must include flag football and stunt in the contact/collision sports requiring medical personnel with training in the diagnosis, treatment and initial management of acute concussion to be “present” at all NCAA competitions and/or “available” at all NCAA practices.
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Member schools must ensure that concussion management practices are updated to comply with legislative requirements and related documents.
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Schools must continue to comply with Preventing Catastrophic Injury and Death in Collegiate Athletes.
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đź—“ Register for the SSI Spotlight on Performance Technologies
Register for the NCAA Sport Science Institute’s Spotlight on Performance Technologies.
Session focus:
This session will focus on the Performance Technologies Recommendations: Responsible Use in Collegiate Athletics and is intended to help schools translate the guidance into practice. Through practical, campus-based examples, presenters will share considerations for policy development, education, data management and implementation strategies that support responsible technology use and student-athlete well-being.
Experts will:
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Discuss the evolving role of performance technologies in modern collegiate athletics.
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Identify core principles for the responsible use of performance technologies, including policy, data management and education.
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Apply a values-driven framework to support student-athlete health, safety and performance when adopting and using emerging technologies.
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📋 NCAA Sport Science Institute Post-Graduate Internships – Applications Due September 4
The NCAA Sport Science Institute launched its first post-graduate internship last year and is excited to announce that it will add a second internship for the 2027-28 cycle (one health, safety and performance position and one development position).
Applications are open now through September 4. More information, including job descriptions for both positions, can be found here.
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🌞 As practices begin, the summer heat still may be relentless.
Beat the heat and protect your student-athletes with our resources on Preventing Catastrophic Injury and Illness.
âś… Use this checklist to help ensure that policies are in place and followed.
🧊 Stay cool — and safe!
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The NCAA sponsors the Post-Eligibility Insurance Program to support student-athletes beyond their college athletics participation. The program covers medical expenses for eligible athletically related injuries sustained during participation in an NCAA qualifying intercollegiate sport.
Coverage Highlights:
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Can file a claim for up to two years, or 104 weeks, after a student-athlete separates from school or voluntarily withdraws from athletics; and there is two years of consecutive coverage once a claim is accepted.
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Sponsored 100% by the NCAA.
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$0 deductible.
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Benefits are coordinated with current insurance programs.
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Injuries must be documented and on file at the school to be eligible for coverage.
When in doubt, file a claim and the claims team at A-G Specialty Insurance will be in touch.
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