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Under new concussion guidelines, players will be removed from field area, excused from media availability
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ed-from-field-excused-from-press-conferences/
Posted by Mike Florio on February 23, 2011, 8:49 PM EST
The league’s revised approach to concussions will include a pair of much-needed provisions.
We’re told that any player who is diagnosed with a concussion must be declared as having a concussion and removed from the playing area. In other words, teams won’t be able to label a guy who has had a concussion as having a “neck” injury (like Steelers receiver Hines Ward against the Patriots) and permit him to hang around the bench area as if he possibly could return to the game. Instead, he’ll be taken to the locker room, and that’s where he’ll stay.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ed-from-field-excused-from-press-conferences/
Posted by Mike Florio on February 23, 2011, 8:49 PM EST
The league’s revised approach to concussions will include a pair of much-needed provisions.
We’re told that any player who is diagnosed with a concussion must be declared as having a concussion and removed from the playing area. In other words, teams won’t be able to label a guy who has had a concussion as having a “neck” injury (like Steelers receiver Hines Ward against the Patriots) and permit him to hang around the bench area as if he possibly could return to the game. Instead, he’ll be taken to the locker room, and that’s where he’ll stay.
