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Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa was carted off the field with a head injury just four days after hitting his head in a prior game. PBS reports that even before the second incident, many wondered why the Dolphins allowed him to play
Did the Dolphins do Tua wrong?
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Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa was carted off the field with a head injury just four days after hitting his head in a prior game. PBS reports that even before the second incident, many wondered why the Dolphins allowed him to play
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Here’s the first hit
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CNN
Head Coach Mike McDaniel said the team followed all the proper protocols and that Tua was medically cleared to play -- CNN
Yahoo
Yahoo Sports responds: If the NFL really did follow the proper protocols, then the protocols are worthless. It was obvious he shouldn’t have been playing
Fox News
NFLPA Prez JC Tretter agrees he never should have been on the field. After Tua showed “no-go” symptoms, he should’ve been kept off -- Fox News
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Neuroscientist Chris Nowinski very much agrees. He warned that Tua was in real danger after his first hit. He said whoever let Tua play the second time around should go to jail. “Two concussions in 5 days can kill someone”
Yahoo
But other neurologists think it’s not that clear, writes Yahoo Sports. Just because someone shows symptoms of a concussion doesn’t mean they have one. You have to evaluate them to be sure
SB Nation
In this case though, the NFLPA fired the neurologist who cleared Tua to return to the Bills game, reports SB-Nation. It said he made “several mistakes”
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But Skip Bayless thinks the NFLPA is complicit in Tua’s injury. It should’ve “fast-tracked” its investigation and worked harder to keep Tua off the field
The Guardian
The Guardian says this incident does make one thing clear: The NFL doesn’t give a hoot about its players
Twitter
Yep, says Shannon Sharpe. To the NFL, players are “disposable”. All its talk about doing the right thing is BS
NPR
The NFL and NFLPA agreed that the protocols weren’t cutting it, writes NPR. They’ve made changes to err on the side of caution
Yahoo
And it also seems like teams are being more careful. The weekend after Tua was hospitalized, at least 12 players were benched for possible concussions. Yahoo says that’s up from 3 the weekend before
Sporting News
A Sporting News Op says it’s important to take the long view when dealing with player injuries. Not only is it the right thing to do, it also leads to greater success
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