NFL IS a contact sport….
The league has also settled a suit about head injuries for about $750 Million….
Yet?
A player gets what looks like a head injury and has physical indications….
But?
Says he’s ok and goes back on the playing feild to play and has what looks ANOTHER head incident less than. a week later on the field…
The NFL community was quick to question the Miami Dolphins for letting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa take the field for Thursday night’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Four days earlier, Tagovailoa appeared to have suffered a head injuryafter taking a big hit against the Buffalo Bills, but he returned to that game a few series later. After the Bills game, Dolphins Coach Mike McDaniel said that Tagovailoa had injured his back, not his head. The NFL and the NFL Players Association are conducting a joint review to determine whether the league’s concussion protocols were followed properly in that case….
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Former NFL offensive lineman Rich Ohrnberger noted the head injuries he suffered during his career and said he was glad that the decision about whether he should have returned to the field quickly was taken out of his hands.
image…Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is examined by the team’s medical staff during Thursday night’s game in Cincinnati. (Jeff Dean/AP)
Update….
The NFL Players Association has exercised its right to terminate the independent neurological expert who cleared Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to return to a game last Sunday after being evaluated for a head injury, according to person familiar with the matter.
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The NFLPA declined to comment on the move Saturday, citing its ongoing joint investigation with the NFL into the issue of whether the concussion protocols were followed properly in the case. Union officials had said Friday they were focused on the medical judgments made in the matter, more so than the overall process and whether the protocols were followed as written….
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