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Originally Posted by 2macinnis2
You know Buff the definition/standard of concussion is loose enough that, at least in my opinion, it absolutely is one of the diagnoses you can often make watching on TV (assuming you get the right video of the face or player responses after the injury). A player getting hit to the head and appearing to be dazed most likely has an American Academy of Neurology grade I concussion. Theses episodes of 'getting your bell rung' have been historically underdiagnosed and there is a movement towards calling them all concussions, albeit minor. But to be clear, if a child in a sporting event appears dazed after a head shot, they are done for that day at least. In pro sports (as I mentioned with Edelman, honestly just one of many obvious examples, and I actually did work with an NFL team for some time), how this is handled varies from staff to staff and case by case.
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The NFL is a joke when it comes to changing their protocols around player behavior, concussions, discipline, etc. They put out one heck of an entertaining product, but the rest is a joke.
And you can't possibly be serious about diagnosing something thru a TV. As many posters have already said, they've had their bell rung with no concussion afterwards. I too had an incident during a men's league game where I was kinda getting angled off but turned around at the same time. I ended up smacking the back of my head against the turnbuckle and got knocked out for a few seconds (picture Chara/Pacioretty). Ref stopped the game, and you can bet your ass I was dazed. Everyone got extremely worried, but I was fine. Not even a headache the next day.
Another time, I was playing D and skating backwards when (and I swear this is the truth) I hit a rut in the ice. There is not a chance in hell I tripped over my own feet. I fell directly backwards obviously and bumped my head off the ice. It didn't even hurt, but the ref recommended I sit out since he said I looked dazed. The next day, I had a headache and it lasted a few days.
So it's luck of the draw when it comes to head hits. You can't diagnose anything based on how it looks.