NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to the 32 clubs Wednesday to inform them of new, stricter instructions for return-to-play of players with head injuries. The guidelines will go into effect this week.
The new instructions require that a player playing football games in NFL jersey with a concussion should not return o action on the same day if he shows following signs or symptoms: inability to remember assignments or plays, a gap in memory, persistent dizziness, and persistent headaches. It is stricter than the old standard, which was established in 2007 and said a player should not be allowed to return to the same game if he lost consciousness.
The new rule caused Steelers’ starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and Cardinals starter Kurt Warner to sit out last Sunday’s game. The two starting quarterbacks from last season’s Super Bowl both said during last week that they planned to play despite the head injuries.
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Packers LB Kampman does not blame team for his concussion
Although the Green Bay Packers linebacker Aaron Kampman had to play most of Sunday’s game with a head injury, which turned out to be a concussion, he does not think the team was negligent in observing players’ condition during game.
When Kampman took a blow to his head from some player in opponent team's NFL jersey on the fourth play of Sunday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, all those staying at sideline should have the awareness of having a check of the player’s condition. It was until the fourth quarter when Kampman told coaches he was not OK that they decided to take him out of the game.
“They didn’t know what was going on,” Kampman said Wednesday, however. “They need to be completely absolved. And I didn’t really know what was going on. Sometimes you just play. You keep playing. And you don’t really know what’s going on. But it got to a point where I was having some symptoms where I knew I was probably going to jeopardize the team, so I knew to come out.”
Such remarks were made after defensive coordinator Dom Capers said that players should tell coaches when they are not feeling well. Kampman also said that it’s a player’s responsibility to recognize when he has had a significant head injury. Sounds like exculpatory for the team, doesn’t it?
When Kampman took a blow to his head from some player in opponent team's NFL jersey on the fourth play of Sunday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, all those staying at sideline should have the awareness of having a check of the player’s condition. It was until the fourth quarter when Kampman told coaches he was not OK that they decided to take him out of the game.
“They didn’t know what was going on,” Kampman said Wednesday, however. “They need to be completely absolved. And I didn’t really know what was going on. Sometimes you just play. You keep playing. And you don’t really know what’s going on. But it got to a point where I was having some symptoms where I knew I was probably going to jeopardize the team, so I knew to come out.”
Such remarks were made after defensive coordinator Dom Capers said that players should tell coaches when they are not feeling well. Kampman also said that it’s a player’s responsibility to recognize when he has had a significant head injury. Sounds like exculpatory for the team, doesn’t it?
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