Can't have it both ways; the MSM went after the NFL a few years back about CTE and player safety, this is what you're going to get. Nobody should be surprised about this
Indeed. The NFL, a league that values the dollar over anything else, paid out $765 million over concussion-related brain injuries among its 18,000 retired players, agreeing to compensate victims, pay for medical exams and underwrite research. Probably because the NFL had done their own research years before and buried the results because they were unfavorable to them.
The present idiocy is about Tua and the Dolphins, not NFL player relationships.
Against the Bills on 9/25, Tua briefly left the game in the second quarter, returning after halftime
despite appearing to be disoriented by a head injury — the team clarified later that actually, he had an issue with his back. (!)
Then when they played 4 days later against the Bengals, Tua was wheeled off the field on a stretcher. He was taken to a hospital, but was released and flown home with the team. Coach Mike McDaniel eventually said the QB sustained a concussion.
The Dolphins, panicked and fired their on field Doctor days later. While finally putting Tua in concussion protocol. Thinking that would end the discussion?
What's not surprising in now we are seeing this idiotic overreaction to "protect the Quarterback!" Maybe it's for real, though just as likely it's to foster an over reaction so they can go back to doing what the want to do?
The NFL has already suspended Stephen Ross, the owner of the Dolphins, for the first 6 games of the season for violated anti-tampering rules on three occasions. The NFL did say they found no evidence that he told Flores to intentionally throw games.
However, the investigation did find that Ross repeatedly expressed his belief that the team’s draft position should take priority over the win-loss record.
Yes, nobody should be surprised that the Dolphins, the ones who brought all this idiocy on us, are walking away Scot-free from another mess they created.
