« Reply #249 on: September 30, 2022, 07:16:43 PM »
NFLPA president JC Tretter delivers impassioned message to NFL over Tua Tagovailoa injury: 'We are all outraged'
We are all outraged by what we have seen the last several days and scared for the safety of one of our brothers. What everyone saw both Sunday and last night were “no-go” symptoms within our concussion protocols. The protocols exist to protect the player and that is why we initiated an investigation.
Our job as the NFLPA is to take every possible measure to get the facts and hold those responsible accountable. We need to figure out how and why the decisions were made last Sunday to allow a player with a “no-go” symptom back on the field.
Until we have an objective and validated method of diagnosing brain injury, we have to do everything possible, including amending the protocols, to further reduce the potential of human error. A failure in medical judgment is a failure of the protocols when it comes to the well being of our players.
We have come a long way over the past 15 years but the last week proves how far we have left to go.
What’s odd to me is that everyone knew that Tua playing after the hit on Sunday was suspect. So why isn’t the NFLPA intervening proactively?
They opened their investigation before the second hit last night. So they literally did.
I guess by intervening proactively I mean doing something that would prevent Tua from taking the field. If there is every indication that the Sunday hit had “no go” symptoms, what influence could the player’s association have on whether or not he could play?
I think the investigation was the extent of their powers. They can’t force a player to sit from what I understand. So this was the most proactive action they could take. It’s possible this is inaccurate but I would be genuinely surprised.
They could have contacted him or his agent, providing their own doctor on Monday.
Or, Tua or his agent could have consulted a doctor.
Nobody did anything, presumably because he wasn’t showing any signs of being concussed.
he was tested at halftime Sunday by both the team and the independent doctor. No concussion symptoms. He was tested Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. No concussion symptoms. There really is nothing else they could do except not play him and if he showed no symptoms, why wouldn't they play him? They had a game to win and a star QB they had no reason not to play.
And as I said earlier, that hit yesterday was nasty. It would have concussed almost any QB.
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