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The Canadian Football League, which centralized the tracking of injuries five years ago, is reporting a significant drop in concussions between 2015 and 2017.

It sounds like progress, but the league’s point person on the file, Kevin McDonald, knows it’s more important to educate than celebrate.

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Reported concussions during the regular season totalled 44 in 2014 and 45 in 2015, then dropped to 32 in 2016 and 33 last year.

“I’m happy to say our concussion numbers have gone down,” said McDonald, vice-president of football operations and player safety.

“But it could be that more guys just aren’t telling us, which is why we focus on education in training camp. We walk them through a detailed presentation that reminds them of the importance of letting somebody know if you’re not quite feeling yourself, so it can get looked at and properly assessed and go through the steps that ensure a player has the chance to recover properly.”