Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  We also have a subcommittee on protective equipment that meets on a regular basis. We're constantly evaluating. I know a lot of people talk about helmets. Concussions and helmets are two different things. The concussion is what happens inside; the helmet keeps you from getting a

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I like the way the game is being played right now.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Right now I don't believe there's much we could do. To give you an indication of this, I was on a campaign to get visors. They also reduce the incidence of fighting. Eyes don't heal particularly well. It took me 20 years to get the players' association to agree to put on visors.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  But now virtually 95% of our players are wearing them.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Thank you for having us. It's been an honour to be here.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  The beauty of having the resources we have in the department of player safety, led by former players, is that they know everything that's going on in the game. If there's an act that transcends the rules and that we believe is an act of retaliation, it gets dealt with appropriate

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  We're constantly monitoring and evolving. We meet with the general managers on a regular basis to go over what's taking place in the game. We're looking at trends because we're watching every game. The organic change that we've seen is that you don't see staged fights anymore.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Constantly.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  We have a concussion subcommittee that meets four times a year. We retain outside experts. I think 36 medical and scientific experts signed on to the Berlin consensus statement. We probably have three, four or five people involved in that. Obviously, we don't control it, but we'r

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  We do research, but our research is focused on identifying and treating concussions. That's where our expertise is. We're not a medical facility and we're not a scientific facility, but we have the ability to try to understand what in our game causes injuries, by collecting data,

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  We have less fighting and we have less blows to the head.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  We have, of the other North American leagues, less fighting.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  We have the lowest incidence of fighting of all the other North American leagues. By the way, let's move aside from the 85%. The fact is that fighting over the last four years is down 54% from what it was, and fighting continues to evolve out of the game from where it was.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Yes, it is.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Yes.