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Originally Posted by -King-
How is that strange? Concussions are part of the game. But if a player suffers one like many other injuries, precaution needs to be taken to mitigate the risk of reinjury or making the injury worse.
Unless it's obviously clear a player had malicious intent in the hit or if they are a multiple repeat offender, ejecting the defender just seems dumb and overkill.
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Players being forced out due to concussions has not always been a part of the game. That is new. And it introduced a rule that tilts heavily toward defense vs. offense. If the point of concussion protocol is player safety, then the NFL should be concerned that these rules create Tonya Harding loopholes for defenses to knock players out with barely any repercussions. Clowney knocking Wentz out, intentional or not, ended the game for Philly. It was that big of a play.
When the NFL introduced this big of a rule, you can't say hard hits are just part of the game. They're gamechangers. I'm not crazy about targeting penalties. But when a hit directly leads to a concussion, malicious or not, if the NFL is forcing the offensive player to miss time why shouldn't they force the defender to too? The defense still wins.