**** like this infuriates me.
At the end of the day, football is a game. He should not be out there on the field after clearly suffering a head injury mere days ago. Second impact syndrome is extremely serious.
its certainly been proven that some people are simply more susceptible to concussions then others. Shame there seems to be no way to determine that before they get them.Talking from my own experience, we have a son that was concussed 2 games in a row as well. This was in Highschool about 5 years back. We...HE...and the head doctor, decided unanimously that it would be best if he quit the sport immediately. He is 6-3 and 250 LBs btw. He was a RT. Some are just more apt to get the head injuries. Its just the facts. The NFL is brutal and that can never be changed unless they make a rule that turns it into flag football. Every level of the sport can be brutal. My kid is now in the Army and it was the best life decision he ever made. Life is 2 precious and fleeting to risk one's health. My advice 2 Tua and his family is he might need 2 make a major decision in this regard as well. What I saw last night made be scared, and it was cringy. Made my wife and I think about what happened with our son. For all that is sacred, I pray Tua retires. Its just not worth it guys. At least in his case and my kid. That choice should be made case by case. One size doesn't fit all.
Exactlyits certainly been proven that some people are simply more susceptible to concussions then others. Shame there seems to be no way to determine that before they get them.
Definitely agree that Tua needs to think hard on this.
Well said.I had a concussion back 30 years ago from a helmet to helmet hit on a Friday night. Was back a practice on Monday and felt fine. I was a WR and K. Was not allowed to go back in at WR that game, but was 4-4 on XP's. Why they let me keep kicking is beyond me. To this day, I have no recollection of that game at all. I've watched the film of it probably a dozen times and have no memory of doing the things I did on the field.
My son had a concussion in 8th grade. Went up for a rebound and got undercut and hit his head on the gym floor. He missed the final 2 weeks of the basketball season and had periodic headaches for about a month. In late July he was playing first base and got tangled up with a runner on an errant pick off attempt and again hit his head on the ground. He laid there for a minute or two and popped back up perfectly fine. But that was a scary feeling as a parent.
My point here is that the Dolphins pretty much treated Tua's situation like they were in the early 90's as opposed to 2022. what used to be "ok" back then is certainly not ok now. He should have never come back in the game on Sunday and he should have never played last night. I know that football players are conditioned to being "tough" and trying to play through things so they are perceived as "soft" but in this instance, the Dolphins and the doctors failed Tua in a potentially life altering way.
Failure of the protocol. That stuff his hands were doing are a clear sign of brain trauma.
This wasn't a massive hit. He was already messed up. Fins made this so much worse by playing him