The NFL followed through on its plan to modify concussion protocols Saturday with the announcement of modified guidelines that will go into effect when Week 5 resumes this Sunday.
The landmark news coincided with a statement from the NFL and players association announcing the findings of the now-completed investigation into the Dolphins’ handling of Tua Tagovailoa’s concussion check in Week 3. Less than a week into that investigation, the NFLPA fired the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant involved in Tagovailoa’s evaluation after it was found the doctor reportedly made “several mistakes,” including a “failure to understand his role as UNC and hostility during the investigation process.”
However, according to Saturday’s statement, both the NFL and NFLPA determined Miami’s medical staff and the UNC followed the “step-by-step” process of the league’s protocol, but the “outcome” was “not what was intended when the Protocols were drafted” in 2013.
