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    "scope": "Filtered curated records, not an exhaustive review",
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            "id": "nfhs-2026-participation",
            "date": "2026-08-27",
            "title": "NFHS publishes 2025-26 high-school participation figures",
            "source": "NFHS",
            "category": "Market & participation",
            "url": "https://nfhs.org/stories/led-by-girls-flag-football-and-girls-wrestling-high-school-sports-participation-increases-for-fifth-consecutive-year",
            "summary": "The report records 1,081,241 participants across high-school tackle-football formats. This is a participation denominator, not a count of customers or a market-revenue estimate.",
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            "reviewed": "2026-09-05",
            "imported_at": "2026-09-05",
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        },
        {
            "date": "2026-08-03",
            "title": "Athlete advocacy meets protective-equipment marketing",
            "source": "Houston Chronicle",
            "category": "Industry reporting",
            "url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texans/article/jalen-pitre-guardian-helmet-padding-protection-22371156.php",
            "summary": "Coverage of a player partnership with Guardian Sports. An athlete endorsement is not clinical validation.",
            "id": "news-0892bed25e",
            "review_state": "source_link_checked",
            "reviewed": "2026-09-05",
            "imported_at": "2026-09-05",
            "published_at": "2026-09-05",
            "full_text_reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "date": "2026-05-26",
            "title": "Head acceleration: association, not a universal threshold",
            "source": "Sports Medicine / PubMed",
            "category": "Research update",
            "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42189496/",
            "summary": "A new synthesis highlights variation by sport, population and measurement system.",
            "id": "news-a33c580569",
            "review_state": "source_link_checked",
            "reviewed": "2026-09-05",
            "imported_at": "2026-09-05",
            "published_at": "2026-09-05",
            "full_text_reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "date": "2026-02-11",
            "title": "Rugby league introduces instrumented-mouthguard triggers",
            "source": "Rugby Football League",
            "category": "Governing-body report",
            "url": "https://www.rugby-league.com/article/64553/rugby-league-introduces-instrumented-mouthguard-triggers-to-further-strengthen-player-safety%C2%A0-%C2%A0",
            "summary": "Sensor-triggered assessments join the player-safety process. A trigger is not a concussion diagnosis.",
            "id": "news-f48841543e",
            "review_state": "source_link_checked",
            "reviewed": "2026-09-05",
            "imported_at": "2026-09-05",
            "published_at": "2026-09-05",
            "full_text_reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "date": "2026-02-06",
            "title": "NFL challenge targets facemask innovation",
            "source": "Associated Press",
            "category": "Industry reporting",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/f3ad3156960decfb4bf807ba1d49a054",
            "summary": "Reporting on a helmet-safety innovation challenge. The announced May 2026 submission window has passed; this is not an open funding call.",
            "id": "news-24e0a121d2",
            "review_state": "source_link_checked",
            "reviewed": "2026-09-05",
            "imported_at": "2026-09-05",
            "published_at": "2026-09-05",
            "full_text_reviewed": false
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            "date": "2025-12-03",
            "title": "Female-athlete concussion prevention: important evidence gaps",
            "source": "British Journal of Sports Medicine / PubMed",
            "category": "Research update",
            "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40973466/",
            "summary": "The FAIR synthesis separates potential prevention benefits from very-low-certainty evidence.",
            "id": "news-9a73b39166",
            "review_state": "source_link_checked",
            "reviewed": "2026-09-05",
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            "published_at": "2026-09-05",
            "full_text_reviewed": false
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            "date": "2025-09-15",
            "title": "Recognizing concussion and emergency danger signs",
            "source": "CDC HEADS UP",
            "category": "Public-health guidance",
            "url": "https://www.cdc.gov/heads-up/signs-symptoms/index.html",
            "summary": "Symptoms can emerge after the incident. Know the signs that require emergency assessment.",
            "id": "news-6a7bac854e",
            "review_state": "source_link_checked",
            "reviewed": "2026-09-05",
            "imported_at": "2026-09-05",
            "published_at": "2026-09-05",
            "full_text_reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "date": "2025-09-10",
            "title": "Tackle training: what has actually been tested?",
            "source": "Sports Medicine - Open / PubMed",
            "category": "Research update",
            "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40928564/",
            "summary": "A scoping review examines coaching and training studies in collision sports; surrogate outcomes need careful interpretation.",
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            "review_state": "source_link_checked",
            "reviewed": "2026-09-05",
            "imported_at": "2026-09-05",
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            "full_text_reviewed": false
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            "date": "2025-03-20",
            "title": "Suspect and Protect: concussion awareness in football",
            "source": "FIFA",
            "category": "Governing-body report",
            "url": "https://inside.fifa.com/health-and-medical/news/concussion-suspect-protect-world-head-injury-awareness-day",
            "summary": "A campaign update focused on recognition and appropriate response. Reported reach is not evidence of reduced injury incidence.",
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            "review_state": "source_link_checked",
            "reviewed": "2026-09-05",
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            "published_at": "2026-09-05",
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            "date": "2024-09-18",
            "title": "WHO and FIFA launch global concussion-awareness campaign",
            "source": "World Health Organization",
            "category": "Public-health guidance",
            "url": "https://www.who.int/news/item/18-09-2024-fifa-and-world-health-organization-launch-global-concussion-awareness-campaign",
            "summary": "A public-health initiative emphasizing recognition, stopping play and seeking medical advice.",
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            "review_state": "source_link_checked",
            "reviewed": "2026-09-05",
            "imported_at": "2026-09-05",
            "published_at": "2026-09-05",
            "full_text_reviewed": false
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