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Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:15 am EST

Concussion deal about to happen between NFL and its Players Association

By Mark J. Miller

There's been a lot of talk about concussions this season, particularly what they've done to a slew of former players. And it's looking like the league and the Players Association are close to making a deal that will help stave off some of those post-concussion, post-playing day trauma that players suffer, according to ESPN.

The word is that the new rules won't let players go back into a game that they've had to leave due to a concussion-related injury, no matter how much the player wants to back and prove his manliness at the time. And the new rules wouldn't be put into place in 2011 or 2012 or some other distant time. It would apparently be put into place before the ink is even dry.

"We're really at a stage where we're dotting the i's and crossing the t's," Dr. Thom Mayer, the NFLPA's medical director, said this weekend. "We're waiting on the final draft."

Source: ESPNNew Window

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  1. Crux
    1. Posted by Crux Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:43 am EST

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    Too little, too late, to save Big Ben.
  2. brian b
    2. Posted by brian b Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:54 am EST

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    This will make players hide concussions more.
  3. brian b
    3. Posted by brian b Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:55 am EST

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    And it's going to make players try to lay a concussion down on the opponents best players.
  4. Doc Savage
    4. Posted by Doc Savage Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:03 am EST

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    This story continues to amaze me. The obvios conclusion in this medical investigation about players suffering concussions is that they probably shouldn't play professioal football anymore. Never mid that these guys shouldn't return to play in the same game the sustaned the injury, after recieving severe trauma to the brain these guys should be prohibited from returning period. Does the commish ,the players union & the medica review body know what a cocussion is, and do they understand that once u have had one it's much easier to get another. I dont see how the couldn't know. Concussions are to amost synonomous with football, I stll belive this whole charade is just for show, but if the League isn't careful, this could backfire on them.
  5. brian b
    5. Posted by brian b Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:07 am EST

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    lol @ Doc SAvage. The league would be dead on arrival if players that suffered a concussion couldn't play ever again.
  6. brian b
    6. Posted by brian b Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:08 am EST

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    Who the hell is lubalong?
  7. temp
    7. Posted by temp Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:21 pm EST

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    Well in deed something needs to happen. The players who get their bells rung should take care or themselves and if they wont do it then the league has to. Perhaps they need to look a the tackles in the NFL as well as the headgear. Being a former JR's Ice hockey goalie I can tell you that in any sport the dirty players who like to lay out the other guy is a virus in any sport. I have had me bell rung plenty and after seeing a neurologist, I was advised one more shot to the dome, I should consider later in life to be mentally slower and suffering from memory loss. Considering all that I hung up the skates. I felt that I wanted to remember my children's names and where the bathroom was. No amount of money or fame was worth pissing myself because I could not remember how to be civil and lift the lid, or even know where the can was. I did have my shot at the NHL as well but it was my own physical that lead me to discover the long term effects of the "dizzy haze".
    I think it's a step in the right direction for the NFL. However I feel they should look at the hit and determine if the tackler should be fined etc.
  8. Jonas Fong
    8. Posted by Jonas Fong Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:40 pm EST

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    "...no matter how much the player wants to back and prove his manliness."
    You've probably never played team sports, Mark J. Miller. You were one of those "inside" kids, weren't you, stupid douche.
  9. wardoghandler"68-69"
    9. Posted by wardoghandler"68-69" Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:49 pm EST

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    Speaking of head bangs! I was blown off a 2.5 ton lorry in "68" and thrown from a horse,landed on my head! Maybe that's what is wrong with me! My Dad would always say, "Suck it up,We don't have time for this!" Go Steelers!!

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