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NFL adopting Alabama’s medical evaluation tent for sideline

By Alana Norris

The NFL is already littered with former Alabama players on rosters. Now, it’s taking an idea born in Tuscaloosa and making it a standard policy on sidelines. Following the conclusion of the NFL owners meeting today in Chicago, Roger Goodell announced that medical tents will now be used on sidelines this season. Those tents, of course, were first utilized at the University of Alabama in 2015. The tents prevent fans, media and opponents from seeing injury evaluations on the sidelines, and it’s genius. In 2016, other college football programs began to implement the idea on their sideline, too. Sources: Medical Health NewsYellowHammerNBC Sports

In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,200 students and more than 170 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.


Author: Alana Norris    /    Posted on: May 24, 2017    /    Posted in:   Alumni, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research