NFLPA has told the NFL that it wants to initiate a review of the concussion protocols in light of Tua Tagovailoa’s return to today’s game in Miami, per source.
I find it hard to believe anyone with the Dolphins intentionally tried to circumvent the concussion protocol. Dont you go through independent doctors? Its possible its not even the Dolphins or NFLs fault. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Somebody on social media posted a GIF this morning that showed him going "out" before he hit the ground.
I wish I could find it. I've been looking all over twitter and youtube, everyone thinks he was violently slammed to the ground. I haven't found a different opinion yet [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I find it hard to believe anyone with the Dolphins intentionally tried to circumvent the concussion protocol. Dont you go through independent doctors? Its possible its not even the Dolphins or NFLs fault.
It would be a career ender now with all the media attention, but I don’t see another reason to list it as a back injury. [Reply]
Originally Posted by SupDock:
Honestly, Tua probably misled the professionals. He has a lot to lose by sitting. The Dolphins have tried to shop him several times.
It's never the employee's fault. It's 2022 man. How can you even insinuate such a thing. It's always the big businesses fault [Reply]
Originally Posted by SupDock:
Honestly, Tua probably misled the professionals. He has a lot to lose by sitting. The Dolphins have tried to shop him several times.
Come on, those protocols are based on the assumption that players are going to try and game things to get back on the field.
If Tua could just 'mislead' professionals, the protocol would be pretty worthless. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I find it hard to believe anyone with the Dolphins intentionally tried to circumvent the concussion protocol. Dont you go through independent doctors? Its possible its not even the Dolphins or NFLs fault.
I don’t think they intentionally tried to circumvent protocol.
I do think they believe the bare minimum passing grade is enough to justify playing a guy.
I also believe the back injury is going to be used as an excuse to sit him this coming week so they can sit him without admitting he probably had a concussion. [Reply]
Originally Posted by SupDock:
Honestly, Tua probably misled the professionals. He has a lot to lose by sitting. The Dolphins have tried to shop him several times.
Possibly. But it is also possible they knew he was being misleading as well.
What doctor will sign off on him to go back on the field after what we saw last night? Would you want to be the one? [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
It's never the employee's fault. It's 2022 man. How can you even insinuate such a thing. It's always the big businesses fault
It's also the business's responsibility to protect it's assets and interests and what benefit they may be to the business in the future. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chief Pagan:
Come on, those protocols are based on the assumption that players are going to try and game things to get back on the field.
If Tua could just 'mislead' professionals, the protocol would be pretty worthless.
There are definitely objective components, but if, for instance he said that his back locked up causing him to stumble, and he passed other tests, he may have circumvented the protocol.
If he said he his head hurt, it probably doesn’t matter that he passed the protocol because of his stumbling after. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RubberSponge:
It's also the business's responsibility to protect it's assets and interests and what benefit they may be to the business in the future.
Definitely, it’s just a lot tougher to catch all cases when the patient is attempting to mislead you.
I’m shocked he returned last week at half, and it’s hard to imagine who signed off on that.
Dr Chao immediately tweeted there was no way he comes back, just based on his behavior after the hit. Yet he came back.
I’m also of the opinion, that to protect their decision, they could not have held him out this week. otherwise, how do you explain him going back in the game last week [Reply]