NFL general counsel Jeff Pash says he expects independent neurological consultants to be on sidelines during games next season to help diagnose and treat concussions. Speaking at a pre-Super Bowl news conference Thursday, Pash explained that the doctors would not be paid by the clubs or hired as team physicians. There could be more than one neurologist assigned to each team to divide home and road games. Pash said "details need to be worked through" with the NFL Players Association. The NFL is facing concussion-related lawsuits from thousands of former players. Source: Seattle Times
It actually might help...certainly won't see guys going back in games without thorough evaluations...
With the link between football and all these brain problems established, the least the league can do is pay to have the best kind of doctors available immediately..
:scratch: i thought they had already started doing this during the past season? there was all sorts of hype about doctors on the sidelines this past year ............
ah, ok. so the ones this year were paid by the clubs and the new ones will be paid by the NFLPA. ok, gotcha.
Listen a neurologist honestly can't make a better evaluation of a player any better than a doctor can on the field if the player has a concussion or not.
