It began as a standard play throughout Thursday evening’s soccer sport in opposition to the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals. With nearly 5 minutes until halftime, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was seeking to make a game-changing transfer when he was sacked and thrown to the bottom.
Quarterbacks are sometimes taken down by gamers on the other group, however they nearly all the time stand up —Tagovailoa didn’t.
As an alternative, he stayed on the bottom in seen ache together with his fingers clenched up in entrance of his helmet. His teammates and coaches surrounded him as he was stabilized on a stretcher and carted off the sphere. For seven minutes, gamers, followers at Paycor Stadium and hundreds of thousands throughout the nation watched in horror.
The 24-year-old was taken to the College of Cincinnati Medical Heart for additional analysis after sustaining head and neck accidents. It was later introduced that Tagovailoa was acutely aware and had motion in all his extremities.
The sport continued after Tagovailoa was taken off the sphere nevertheless it not mattered who received — as a substitute questions of why Tagovailoa was allowed to play in Thursday’s sport took over social media.
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Tagovailoa was affected by a sore again and was listed as questionable for a lot of the week forward of the sport after he was damage throughout final Sunday’s 21-19 victory over the Buffalo Payments.
Whereas the quarterback mentioned it was a again damage, he was seen shaking his head and instantly stumbled to the bottom earlier than being held up by a teammate.
He returned within the second half that Sunday after the Dolphins say he handed concussion protocol.
Final Sunday’s incident prompted the NFL and Nationwide Soccer League Gamers Affiliation to collectively evaluate the extent of his accidents and if the Dolphins adopted correct concussion protocol final Sunday.
“Ninety-nine level 9 % of the time that participant is dominated out of the sport with out even pondering,” CEO of the Concussion Legacy Basis Chris Nowinski informed “CBS Mornings” co-host Nate Burleson.
Nowinski, a neuroscientist, mentioned that the Dolphins put Tagovailoa’s life at risk and failed to guard him.
“This can be a failure by all people. This can be a failure by the medical group. This can be a failure by the impartial medical group on Sunday. This can be a failure by the teaching employees. The issue is all these failures, none of them are going to be punished. The one who is punished right here is Tua,” Nowinski mentioned.
The outcomes of the joint investigation between the NFL and the NFLPA haven’t but been launched however Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel is adamant that the Dolphins adopted correct protocols final Sunday.
“If there’s any kind of inclination that somebody has a concussion, they go into concussion protocol, and it’s totally strict. So long as I am the top coach that may by no means be a problem that you just guys have to fret about,” McDaniel mentioned.
