03-08-2022, 04:08 PM
(03-07-2022, 08:25 PM)M T Wrote: I happened to watch the Feb. 26 game of Texas vs TCU on the Longhorn Channel. Two Texas players were taken out for the game (won by nearly a 2x score) due to head injuries in the first half. One of them caught an elbow (perhaps to the jaw) during a rebound. She looked like a boxer who caught a big right hook. "Warren, a senior who has a documented history with concussions," took a wobbly step, and another, and crumpled to the floor (to me it seemed she was unconscious by the way she collapsed.) Immediately post-game (in Austin), they announced "Both are fine". Each played 20+ minutes in the next game.
I know nothing about diagnosis of concussions or what causes a player to collapse like that, but I worry about that player's health, and, by extension, the health of the other injured player (Gaston, a starter)
Watching Texas play on their own channel in their own arena was jarring. The camera was on the coach 1/3 of the time. Typically in an inset or split screen, and full-screen when play wasn't happening. He & his antics were the focus. I guess this is entertainment instead of sports.
IIRC Jamie Carey couldn't pass our concussion protocol. She did at Texas.