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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 3000151, member: 405"]
The point is that this is a big time school.  Concussions are the main reason that players get DQ'd, don't you agree?  I think it's embarrassing and bush league for a guy with no formal expertise to be making diagnoses that impact both the program and the players and their families.

From an SU perspective, I fully appreciate "Better Safe Than Sorry" approach and I get the insurance issue.  I also see the overall trend for the sport.  Since brain injuries are the biggest issue in the sport, and will only be more important in the future, why is it so hard for people to say, "Hey, let's get an actual expert to be the doctor who gets the job evaluating players for the university?"

You need neurologists and you need orthopedists, and you need nutritionists.  They have all sorts of specialized personnel associated with the Athletic Dept. [I]already[/I], they have a budget in the tens of millions.  Come on, this isn't that hard.  Get the right kind of doctor making all of these decisions.
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