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- He had two concussions during the 2016 season. . . .  I had always thought the Stanford medical staff was very conservative regarding concussions 

I don't think those two statements are necessarily inconsistent. There were guidelines in 2016 on return to play after concussion which I suspect Stanford followed. It depends on the severity of the concussion and whether the athlete progresses through the graduated steps of recovering and returning to play without a recurrence of symptoms.

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- He had two concussions during the 2016 season. . . .  I had always thought the Stanford medical staff was very conservative regarding concussions 

I don't think those two statements are necessarily inconsistent. There were guidelines in 2016 on return to play after concussion which I suspect Stanford followed. It depends on the severity of the concussion and whether the athlete progresses through the graduated steps of recovering and returning to play without a recurrence of symptoms.