As fallout over the handling of Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa's back-to-back head injuries continues, a concussion expert is sounding the alarm, calling on the NFL, players and coaches to do more to protect against potentially life-threatening head injuries.
"The NFL for the last 15 years has been trying to minimize the role of on-field signs of a concussion so that they would retain flexibility in returning someone to play if they seem cognitively sound enough in the locker room to go back into the game. And this is where it bit them in the butt," he told "Start Here."
McDaniel said Tagovailoa's MRI came out clean and he's still undergoing concussion protocols. While MRIs are used to look for structural damage in the brain as well as bleeding, they aren't able diagnose concussions. In this March 25, 2016, file photo, Chris Nowinski, co-founder and president of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, has his photo taken in Oakland, Calif.Nowinski, a former college football player and WWE wrestler who suffered two concussions and has long-term health issues related to those head injuries, put out awarning that if Tagovailoa got hit again, "everyone will be sued and will lose their jobs.
"The 15-minute evaluation they do in the locker room is imperfect. We all know it's imperfect," he said. "The brain has the magical ability to right itself after a big brain trauma. We've all seen people who've been knocked unconscious pop up and you test them and they're fine."
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