NFL's push for workplace change at meeting called 'signature moment'

Thursday's health and safety news from the world of football:

• USA Today's Jarrett Bell wrote that the NFL is on the right track to changing workplace culture.

• USA Today also reported that John Wooten, the head of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, called the NFL's crackdown on racially charged taunting a 'tremendous victory.'

• WEEI-AM interviewedNew England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who witnessed the 9-alarm fire in the Boston Back Bay area that killed two firefighters.

• Vancouver 24 Hours reported on a survey by Canadian researchers that found almost 20 percent of children surveyed said their parents didn't take their concussion symptoms seriously.

• The Middletown, N.Y., Times-Herald-Record reported that former Army football player Steve Anderson has put his Army career on hold after two years to attempt to make an NFL roster.

• Business Wire announcedSeattle Seahawks fullback Michael Robinson will use a Fresh Healthy vending machine franchise to help his youth-oriented foundation Excel to Excellence.

• The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel looked at the impact of Indiana's new law that requires high school football coaches to undergo concussion awareness training.

• Newswise announced that post-concussion syndrome (PCS) and spinal cord injuries will be the focus next week at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine in New Orleans.

• WTXL-TV in Tallahassee, Fla., reported on a new concussion clinic on opening in its community.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor