NFL players were distraught they couldn't use smelling salts this season and beyond after a league-wide memo banned teams ...

After loud backlash from players, the NFL players’ association clarified in its own memo that the league hasn’t banned the ...

The NFL cited a lack of evidence supporting the safety or efficacy of smelling salts, and the potential to mask signs of a ...

The NFL has officially cracked down on the use of smelling salts during games—but players aren’t completely out of luck.

The NFL banned teams from supplying and providing players with ammonia-related products such as smelling salts. Players have ...

NFL teams are not allowed to distribute smelling salts, but NFL players are still permitted to use them on the sidelines.

Smelling salts are officially off the NFL sidelines after concerns about safety and masking concussion symptoms ...

NFL players will be allowed to use “smelling salts” during games after all. The NFLPA sent a memo to players on Wednesday ...

The NFL made a surprise announcement recently when it revealed that, among a number of other changes, it was banning the use ...

Concerns also exist about the ammonia capsules masking severe injuries. That's why many boxing organizations have banned smelling salts and also why the NFL has elected to outlaw its clubs from ...

Concerns that the popular sideline substances have no medical backing and could mask the symptoms of a concussion led the ...

The NFL has banned the use of smelling salts during games, citing an FDA warning concerning the safety of the substance. Here ...