It began as a traditional play throughout Thursday night time's soccer recreation towards the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals. With nearly 5 minutes until halftime, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was seeking to make a recreation altering transfer when he was sacked and thrown to the bottom.
Quarterbacks are sometimes taken down by gamers on the alternative crew, however they nearly all the time stand up —Tagovailoa didn't.
As a substitute, he stayed on the bottom in seen ache together with his fingers clenched up in entrance of his helmet. His teammates and coaches surrounded him as he was be stabilized on a stretcher and carted off the sphere. For seven minutes, gamers, followers at Paycor Stadium and tens of millions throughout the nation watched in horror.
The 24-year-old was taken to College of Cincinnati Medical Middle for additional analysis after sustaining head and neck accidents. It was later introduced that Tagovailoa was acutely aware and had motion in all his extremities.
The sport continued after Tagovailoa was taken off the sphere however it now not mattered who received—as a substitute questions of why Tagovailoa was allowed to play in Thursday's recreation took over social media.
Tagovailoa was affected by a sore again and was listed as questionable for a lot of the week forward of the sport after he was harm throughout final Sunday's 21-19 victory over the Buffalo Payments.
Whereas the quarterback stated it was a again damage, he was seen shaking his head and instantly stumbled to the bottom earlier than being held up by a teammate.
He returned within the second half that Sunday after the Dolphins say he handed concussion protocol.
Final Sunday's incident prompted the NFL and Nationwide Soccer League Gamers Affiliation to collectively evaluation the extent of his accidents and if the Dolphins adopted correct concussion protocol final Sunday.
"Ninety-nine level 9 % of the time that participant is dominated out of the sport with out even considering," CEO of the Concussion Legacy Basis Chris Nowinski informed "CBS Mornings" co-host Nate Burleson.
Nowinski, a neuroscientist, stated that the Dolphins put Tagovailoa's life in peril and failed to guard him.
"It is a failure by all people. It is a failure by the medical crew. It is a failure by the impartial medical crew on Sunday. It is a failure by the teaching workers. The issue is all these failures, none of them are going to be punished. The one who is punished right here is Tua," Nowinski stated.
The outcomes of the joint investigation between the NFL and the NFLPA haven't but been launched however Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel is adamant that the Dolphins adopted correct protocols final Sunday.
"If there's any form of inclination that somebody has a concussion, they go into concussion protocol, and it's extremely strict. So long as I am the top coach that may by no means be a difficulty that you just guys have to fret about," McDaniel stated.