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Event Date(s): 05/09/2012 | Event Location(s): New York City, New York | Description: EXT DAY BRIEF CUTS: Shots of girls playing soccer on a field. INT MS: NBC News’ Kate Snow, seated near six teenage girls, asks, “How many of you have had concussions? (All the girls raise their hands.) How many of you have had more than one concussion? (The girls keep their hands raised.) How many of you have played through a concussion? You had a concussion and you just kept going.” (Five of the girls keep their hands raised.) INT MS: In an interview with Snow, leading researcher in concussions Dr. Bob Cantu says, “People who think of concussions as only being present mostly in guys and mostly in the sport of football are just plain wrong. Soccer is right at the top of the list for the girls.” MS: Cantu reads documents. EXT DAY MS: Girls run on the field during a soccer game. INT MS: In an interview Cantu says, “Girls as a group, have far weaker necks. The same force delivered to a girl's head spins the head much more because of the weak neck than it does to the guys.” INT BRIEF CUTS: Shots of girls’ faces during the interview. GFX: Insert still of then-soccer player Kimmie Zeffert. INT MS: In an interview Zeffert says, “I look fine. Like if you looked at me right now do I look like I'm sick? Does it look like I have a headache? It may not look like it, but I really do.” INT MS: Woman adjusts the strap on a harness Zeffert is wearing. INT MS: Zeffert says, “I have a headache 24/7.” STILL: Photo of Allison Casacavage (ph) when she played soccer. INT CU: Casacavage seen in her dimly lit bedroom. MS: In an interview Casacavage says, “It's like a break it's visible. But it's almost like I need a sign on my back saying "my head is broken"//I mean you can say you understand.” MS: Casacavage seen. MS: Casacavage says, “But it's like you don't. I'm sorry you don't.” INT MS: Tilt up to Cantu reading documents. MS: In an interview Cantu says, “We believe that individuals with very long, thin necks may be at greater risk.” MS: Snow says, “This is gonna make a lot of parents look at their daughters.” MS: Cantu says, “Kate, I would hope it would not only make parents look at their daughters, but make every one of those parents insist their daughters are on a neck strengthening program if they're playing a collision sport.” Snow x-talks with Williams in the studio in New York City, New York. GFX: Graphic plug of “Rock Center”.