as part of the statement, announcing the change of
the concussion protocol
they tried to harmonize their respective positions on the to
Otunga by Louis situation and the investigation the nflpa
required in its aftermath and
even though the word salad that they somehow, concocted creates
the impression that they're on the same page. It's clear to me
that they're not on the same page, the union
believes the call was not followed as to tour
the league believes, it was and the way that they tried to
thread the needle was to say all the steps were followed but
the intended result was not reached and the metaphor I came
up with was we put all the ingredients in the cake
but we didn't get a cake
at the end of the day
we added, we followed the recipe
but hey the end result is it's not a cake
and yeah because
You're supposed to put eggs in the cake and the eggs were
actually weren't put in. That's the problem, the steps.
Were not properly, followed you check the box, but it was just
checking the box to move on and the biggest flaw.
And this is in the statement and the league. And this is
what's weird about it
because the league had a video conference to explain its
position after the statement was released. And there's
a very defiant and strident tone from dr. Allen Sills. The
chief medical officer about the work of the UN seas and
everything that they did. And how they to
he really was a back injury. It's this.
Atlas recitation of well, here's the video of him,
injuring his back. So it was a back injury. They didn't even
examine his back. When he said he had a back injury, they
admit to that, he said he had a back injury. They took his word
for it.
They didn't examine his back to confirm. It was a back injury
and there was no effort made to come to the conclusion. That was
the back injury or whatever it was, that caused him to wobble
and stumble and almost fall. He was still safe to go back in
the game. They just focused on checking the boxes necessary to
say he's cleared.
He's cleared, he's cleared
return to play. That was the problem. Mmm.
And I feel like the union and the league still aren't on
the same page as to what happened and as to where this needs to
go from here.
Maybe they are, maybe the league just is wired to never
admit that they were wrong
and maybe the actions are the admission and plus it may be
what happened with Teddy Bridgewater. Yesterday is
the implicit admission that they knew they got it wrong
with Tua. So they're willingly getting it wrong with some of
these other guys to show to the world that they really do.
Understand the importance of protecting these players from
themselves. Well that I mean that's basically what I was
just going to say. I mean if it is
what we have to look at then we have to say that action
sometimes speak louder than the words, right? And if it is so
that Teddy Bridgewater was able to clear certain protocols but
was still removed from the game. Then that is I feel like
the
overcorrection that shows. Yeah, we probably did not apply
this. Properly, at least in the last instance that a Dolphins
quarterback had something like this come up. So
like I said, I don't really have a problem with you over
correction, because of what it is that we're dealing with. And
we're talking about concussions and the brain and there's so
much that you even still do not understand about the brain, but
we
do know that if it gets injured it can really really mess you
up later in life. So I like I said, I'm I'm okay with you
over correction if that's where we have to say the action, kind
of speaks a little bit louder than the
words.
Battleground moving forward, the unaffiliated neurotrauma
Consultants, the union exercised its right to fire,
the UNC who was involved in to as case the league disagrees.
With that, the league actually
has
tried and is currently trying to take away the Union's
unilateral power to fire the UNC,
that's the push in the pool. That's the rub their having
the negotiations and everything has to be bargained. But there's
some acrimony there
between the The league in the Union, as it relates to,
the proper role of the UNC. My understanding is
because the, the league was asked during this video
conference on Saturday. Why was the UNC fired?
We'll ask the union, they're the ones. Who did it? Well,
and I know I'm never a big fan of that,
because the league knows, it was communicated to them. Ask
them, they're the ones who did it.
Oh, did they not tell you why they did it? Of course, they
did.
And the reason was that the UNC
The assessment of the Union, believe that he worked for
the league, not the union, the UNC works for both sides and
the union thought that he was hostile unprofessional,
indignant toward the union. When they tried to talk to him,
like, you know, basically, I'm not gonna lower myself to deal
with you. I work for the league. I work for Alan Sills.
And I think that's something that they,
they need to make sure all the unc's realize and Sills was
once a UNC. So I got the impression from the video.
France. He never came out and set it,
but I got the impression that he feels like
they're his. The unc's are his crew,
his staff and the Union's opposing,
what it is that these very honorable Physicians are trying
to do for the good of the game and they're protecting
the players and you would want your family members to be treated by
these individuals. I sure as hell. Don't want my family
member
treated by anybody who thought it was. Okay for to go back in
that game. And if the league is going to issue a statement to
basically, Knowledge is that mistake was made, but then
circle the wagons and act like everything was fine.
That's not the way to do it
and that was the end result for me by Saturday night. It was
weird, 4:30 p.m. or thereabouts, here comes
the statement and I'm like, holy crap, what is this? The steps
were followed but the result
was not what was intended by the protocol one but I've have
hide. I didn't
if I didn't know better, I'd say the NFL's acknowledging
a mistake was made and then 5:00 Eastern. The conference call
starts and there was never a sense. It's that they believe
mistakes were made. I still don't know what they think,
ultimately went wrong
because in their mind everything was done properly.
Right. And that's what the problem is,
you know. I would hope that if they did feel like there was
a mistake that because of how important this issue is, just
a minute, you made a mistake, it's okay.
I mean, it's not, okay, okay? But if I feel like it's
the actions not, okay, the mistake is not okay, but I feel
like it is, okay, to make a mistake, admit
that a mistake was made, because that's how
the accountability happens or where actually is the accountability.
And I think that's where this This statement does not align
properly with everything else that we've now heard being said
it, there should be some level of accountability here
if there needs to be that and by the statement it seems like
they're does well and it reflects an acknowledgement
that they know what they did wrong. So they know where
the line is. So they know how to get it right going forward.
Instead of this
overcorrection that may just simply flow from we don't know
what the hell we're doing. So we're just going to roll out
everybody now. This is what you Want just what you want and if
LPA this is what you want players,
you want, all these guys to be ruled out and kept out of
games, fine. That's what we're going to do because we don't
know where the hell the line is. We still can't figure it
out, that's not the message needs to be sent.
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