Super Bowl-winning center and newly minted high school football coach Jeff Saturday was a guest on ESPN’s Mike and Mike on Thursday morning.

The longtime Colt and current head coach at Hebron Christian Academy (Ga.) discussed his transition from the NFL to the high school ranks.

One key difference that Saturday mentioned is that in the high school space, recognizing and identifying concussion symptoms requires much greater teamwork among coaching staff, athletic trainers, players and parents.

During a game, the NFL has spotters who are focused on identifying players who may have sustained an impact that could cause a concussion. On the high school level, there might only be a handful of coaches on the sideline, each juggling different responsibilities.

“In the NFL, you have spotters. You have people who are watching and looking,” Saturday said. “At high school, you may have four coaches, five coaches on the sideline. You don’t have a lot of people watching every single player.”

That’s why Saturday believes that parents need to take an active role in collaborating with coaches to spot concussion symptoms.

“I tell them, if you see your son take an insane hit, or he looks different on the field, you have to tell me,” Saturday said. “This is your responsibility as equally as it is mine.”

Even in the NFL with all of its protocols and sideline experts, the process is not foolproof as evidenced by Gisele Bundchent's recent comments. In the end, an athlete who wants to hide concussion symptoms and not be taken out of a game can sometimes do so.

That is why it is important to change the stigma around concussions and treat it for what it is - an injury. This culture change is under way, but the entire football community must be part of continuing this progress.

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Saturday also pointed to the difference in players being able to communicate what they’re experiencing.

At the NFL level, discussing and describing symptoms might come more easily than it does among teenagers playing high school football.

“A lot of times, a kid can’t articulate what they’re feeling, even at the high school level,” he said.

Saturday’s words are a reminder that striving to protect the well-being of players is an effort to which everyone involved in football—coaches, trainers, parents, players and others—can and should contribute.