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Some more issues with a lockout looming, CFL teams aren't apparently willing to listen CFLPA's concerns regarding player safety.

According to documents obtained by Sportsnet this week, the players union is proposing four new clauses be added to the league’s CBA, focused on player safety and concussions–the hot-button topic in football on both sides of the border.

1. To make it mandatory for each team to have an independent neurologist on the sidelines for all games.

2. For players to be able to obtain a second opinion from a medical doctor of the players’ choice, in relation to the condition of their health after an injury.

3. That the CFL spend a minimum of $100,000 a year for the “sole purpose of conducting research in relation to injury and concussions in the CFL,” and that the research be jointly agreed upon by the union and league.

4. That football operation employees—including players, coaches, trainers, equipment personnel and sideline staff—be required to attend a seminar during training camp, providing further education on brain injuries, concussions, concussion symptoms, second impact syndrome and the treatment of concussions.

The CFLPA has also proposed that if a player suffers a career-ending injury, he receive one season worth of salary—paid out over four years—to assist him in his transition out of football.

The CFL does have an existing concussion policy and protocol, but it is not part of the expiring CBA, which was ratified in 2010.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl...-negotiations/