Comments on: Under new concussion guidelines, players will be removed from field area, excused from media availability

By: ybo1

ybo1 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:02:21 +0000

No matter how much money they are paid, a lot of good it will do them if 5 – 10 years after they quit playing football they can’t get sick because of too many concussions. I think this is a good thing. Football does not last forever. Health is more important than money. Money can’t buy back brain cells.

By: godofwine330

godofwine330 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:05:58 +0000

All is well and good in that theory until something like this happens in a late season “must win” game or the playoffs. It’s okay for Jay Cutler, but for the rest of the league that you have to drag them kicking and screaming off the field it won’t play well. Game1, okay. Game 8, fine. But game 15-20, fugetaboutit.

By: biggerballz

biggerballz — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:57:13 +0000

how about putting the players in bubble wrap so they can make the popping noise when they tackle! Ditka is rolling over in his grave.

By: jc1958cool

jc1958cool — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:37:40 +0000

the team with the hardest head will win!

By: 1972wasalongtimeago

1972wasalongtimeago — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:07:56 +0000

Can’t wait for the league to show how concerned they are for player safety……during the 17th and 18th games of the season.

By: msadpoet

msadpoet — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:05:09 +0000

Player safety should be a priority for the NFL. Their greatest asset is getting to a point where fans know the players who are on the field can play healthy, not with an injury that could end their career.

By: Legion

*Legion* — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:08:17 +0000

It won’t matter if the team doctors are the ones doing the diagnosing. They have a strong economic incentive to downgrade their in-game diagnoses to non-concussions.

If you want to fix the problem, the league needs to put a 3rd party doctor on the sidelines at every game.

Why? For the same reason boxing has a ringside doctor and doesn’t rely on the medical opinions of a fighter’s corner.

By: thejuddstir

thejuddstir — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:38:46 +0000

The league has put players safety and in particular concussions, on the fast track becuz they know within a few years there will be more concrete evidence on concussions that will raise a huge liability issue for the NFL……meaning big bucks lawsuits are coming. The league will try to mitigate those lawsuits by claiming that they made rule changes as soon as scientific evidence became available to them.

By: goldsteel

goldsteel — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:41:32 +0000

I sounds more like the appearance of concern rather actual concern. Concussion diagnosis still a gray area no pun intended. What if a player is just dazed or stunned? Is that a concussion? Why can’t the player sit on the bench and clear his head?

Is this for the player or for the appearance of the league? With Roger Goodell as commissioner the answer if obvious.

By: assnfootball

assnfootball — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:36:37 +0000

I was going to give you a hard time on why the new guidelines isn’t noteworthy news. But some people will find this informative.

Thumbs down if you think this is newsworthy.

By: anonymouslyanonymouscommentor

anonymouslyanonymouscommentor — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:28:23 +0000

Mike did you have Broccoli for dinner?

By: freedomispopular

freedomispopular — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:15:48 +0000

On the one hand, I don’t care for nanny-state-like rules like this. These guys make hundreds of thousands if not millions of $ a year. If they want to play and put their future at stake, let them. But on the other hand, think of the backlash from the fans and media if a star player got a concussion, for health’s/family’s/etc. sake chose not to go back in. This would eliminate that scenario.

By: cincinnasti

cincinnasti — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:09:23 +0000

I love how the Bengals are the butt of every joke here lately. Very funny. Seriously. It’s well deserved..

By: asmodean13

asmodean13 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:01:03 +0000

You mean the league is actually doin somethin to prevent the steelers from being their normal cheating selves. Call guiness.

By: iknowfootballandyoudont

iknowfootballandyoudont — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:55:38 +0000

Can this new policy be aplied to head coaches as well?

Because I for one would love to be spared from hearing any more press conferences from the pretty feet filming, lap band wearing, F-bomb dropping, Super Bowl predicting, overeating, drool dripping fetish perv.

By: skoobyfl

skoobyfl — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:54:29 +0000

In the old days, you sucked it up & return to the field to earn the owner more money.