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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I think things have got better in that once a player takes a big hit doctors are alerted to check him out and there are some telltale signs they can pick up on right away. We aren't that far removed from the days of players getting their bells rung and being on the ice next shift so things aren't going to happen overnight but I expect over the next decade there will be better measures. Of course some organizations are still failing the basics like the Alouettes letting Manziel finish a game after he clearly got concussed.
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I think a question is do those "spotters" understand well enough the signs of concussions.
I do wonder if someone takes a big hit if they should be removed from a game as default.
But I understand that's complicated as what if a key player takes a big hit in a playoff game, and is pulled out, only later to be evaluated as being fine
And how would we define "a big hit"
All of this is very complicated.
But I agree, in football in particular there have been some gross examples of a guy clearly being concussed, and not being pulled immediately.