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Injured Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. On Friday we reported about the terrifying brain injury Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered in a Thursday night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Tua was slammed to the turf and exhibited signs of the “fencing response,” in which a person’s arms go into an unnatural position after suffering a traumatic brain injury. It was scary to watch.
The outcry among pundits, doctors, and former and current players was swift—because Tagovailoa had experienced what looked like another disturbing injury just four days earlier in a game against the Buffalo Bills. After that hit, Tua stumbled around in apparent disorientation and even fell to the ground. However, he was inexplicably allowed to finish the game and even suit up for the Thursday night Bengals matchup.
The question around the league and around the country was, “why was he allowed to play?!”
The fallout from the incident inevitably came Saturday, as the doctor who cleared him to play was fired , and the league announced it was immediately updating its concussion protocols . Unfortunately, it doesn’t come in time to help Tua. The unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant involved in clearing Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa during Sunday’s game against the Bills has been fired after it was found he made “several mistakes” in his evaluation, according to ESPN and multiple reports. More: https://t.co/dbLlvWGQAU pic.twitter.com/PormVRdxpI — ESPN (@espn) October 1, 2022 Profootballtalk announced the termination of the unidentified doctor: Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the NFLPA [NFL Players Association] has exercised its prerogative to terminate the Unaffiliated Neurotrauma Consultant involved in the decision to clear Tua to return to action. Although specific findings have not been made regarding how and why Tua returned, the union lost confidence in the UNC, given that the impairment of the player […]
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