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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
You're missing the point. The concussion protocol is forcing teams to eject (mostly) offensive players who a decade ago would have been allowed to go back in the game. So if a defensive player is trying to knock a player out, it is significantly easier to do it. And it's not like an injury where a player can tough it out. Once the NFL says you're out, you're out. No exceptions. It's basically an ejection. The unintended consequence is that a rule designed for player safety gives a defense massive incentive to do unsafe things.
Do you really not see the problem that the "victim" team is forced to eject a player, while the "aggressor" team is usually only gets a 15 yard penalty... if even that? That's one hell of a loophole.
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No there's not a problem because these hits aren't on purpose. If a player tackles a running back low and they blow their knee and the RB is ejected as you say, should the defender have to go too? What's the difference?
And yeah players going back to the game when they had concussion symptoms a decade + ago is the problem that's being solved. It's not a loophole that the player has to leave the game.