The study you’re quoting - while raising concerns about risk of early repeat concussions in football players doesn’t fully apply to what you’re arguing if I read your argument correctly. It’s a relatively ancient study looking at players from 99-01 prior to the current age in which players undergo a rigorous protocol evaluating them for signs or symptoms of even mild neurological impairment. In the paper you quote many of the players were still symptomatic when returning to play. What it doesn’t answer is “if a player goes through the protocol is there a high risk period once impairment has abated?” In your study we don’t know if the 5% who suffered a second concussion within 7 days were still symptomatic or had signs of impairment when they were put back into action. One would hope there is newer data to determine the question I raised above and that is guiding the decision making.Conjecture, I don't have inside info on his surgery, but that was certainly an injury that could end his career.
The broader point was that he suffered a critical injury while playing through a minor injury which I think everyone is starting to realize is far more common than we used to think, and he suffered that injury playing in a game that Alabama would have probably won without him.
I would prefer to see Morgan held out of a non-critical game to give him extra time to recover, especially because concussions can recur.
This is far from rigorous but as an anecdote:
"Of the 12 within-season repeat concussions, 92% occurred within 10 days of the first injury, and 75% occurred within seven days of the first injury."
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Bringing him back in one week is right on the line. Makes more sense to just hold him out for a few more days, and let a new player get some reps.
If the rest of this team cannot win against Northwestern without him then they weren't going to the playoffs anyway.
Once again, Tua's existing minor injury had nothing to do with his new major injury. You're making that up to suit this bizarre agenda that you're pushing. You can just say, "I don't want Morgan to play against Northwestern" and stand behind that rather than make things up and using unrelated fallacious data to support your point.
What I’m gathering from this, and your other postings is that you don’t trust PJ and the medical staff to make the right decision. Is that accurate?
TJ, Bateman, CAB, and Douglas might have a different opinion
I have talked about that odd line a couple times, too. When Vegas puts out a line like that, they know that major money is going to be coming in on Minnesota, and it apparently did. Usually when they are in doubt they will take the game "off the board" until information clears it up. This is a major factor in the game - whether Morgan plays or not. Fleck DID say he was in concussion protocol and he did say he had a very good Wednesday in the protocol but still nobody knows the status, although the staff and players probably have a pretty good idea right now. If the Gophers blow out Northwestern, I will shrug this off that the oddsmakers really blew that line and cost themselves a lot of money, but if Northwestern covers that spread or wins outright I will be saying, 'I KNEW IT!" Just something interesting to watch tomorrow.....
Just to be clear, you believe Fleck and staff should ignore the medical professionals...do I have that correct? And you base that on "more than a few instances where fans are watching games, wondering why a guy is still playing"?
Don't you mean sub ELITE?
The only additional caveat would be if he didn't actually suffer anything in the Iowa game, and the trainers were being extraordinarily cautious by taking him out of the game at the end.
Maybe the smart move on paper but how could you justify starting your backup QB when your starter can play in a championship game? If Fleck doesn't treat every game like a 1 game championship his players won't either.
