{"id":116,"date":"2023-10-22T23:22:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T23:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2026-11-04T20:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T20:29:54","slug":"116-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Dees&#8217; Legacy: Concussion Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light wp-duotone-blue-orange\" style=\"min-height:722px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2200\" height=\"1145\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-118\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Football-team-background-1.jpg\" style=\"object-position:90% 10%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"90% 10%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Football-team-background-1.jpg 2200w, https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Football-team-background-1-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Football-team-background-1-1024x533.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Football-team-background-1-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Football-team-background-1-1536x799.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Football-team-background-1-2048x1066.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2200px) 100vw, 2200px\"  fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:4.2em;text-transform:uppercase\">&#8220;Sometimes athletes need to be protected from themselves&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Frank Dees<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"about\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-small-font-size\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:100px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:0;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;min-height:622px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230728133904_002-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134\" style=\"border-radius:0em;aspect-ratio:0.6666666666666666;object-fit:contain;width:367px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230728133904_002-edited-scaled.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230728133904_002-edited-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230728133904_002-edited-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230728133904_002-edited-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230728133904_002-edited-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/concussion-safety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230728133904_002-edited-1280x2048.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sub><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-2-color\">Frank Dees holding a picture of his brother, Rick Dees.<\/mark><\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:320px\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.6\"><strong>It&#8217;s Just A Game, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);line-height:1.6\">I started this 501c(3) non-profit after telling the story of my brother, who was fatally injured from a concussion playing high-school football. <br><br>&#8211; 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