They don’t. Nobody tuned in last night for Tua, he’s not a star. Few players are tv attractions. They tuned in because a 3-0 team was facing last years AFC champions. But did the Dolphins, finally winning after decades as a poor to mediocre team, feel pressure? Probably. Does he play if Miami is 1-2? Maybe not.
See, we agree. Mostly, anyway. It has been said in this thread that people tune in to see Tua. I don't believe that, I completely agree that when it comes to football, there are very few players who move the needle in terms of actually tuning in. People watch these games for a ton of reasons, even if they aren't football fans and just "event" fans. I don't really buy into Miami feeling pressure though. They know they benefit more with Tua on the field for the long haul, than for some short term gratification. He is a guy who has gotten hurt every year. If anything, I imagine they would be trying to protect him as they finally seem to have a coach who can get the most out of him.
And add in repeated concussions by sport
If Tedy started it would have no impact on ratings. Honestly, until the win over the Bills many people expected Tua to be drafted over soon and replaced. That has no impact on this except to suggest, as I said, the Dolphins, not the NFL are the interested party here.
They are starting to get there. I heard Drew Rosenhaus on the radio a few weeks back talking about how they have been getting contracts that are as high as 80 percent guaranteed. I don’t believe that every contract should be 100 percent guaranteed though. You have to have some ability to be able to move on when someone simply can't live up to the money in my opinion. As for safety, it's silly to ignore the advances in equipment, training, the rule changes, etc. The issue is that this is a game with an insane amount of contact, and it always will be. The one thing I am really against are the Thursday games, but it seems like all parties involved have accepted them, so that's on them.
Wrong yet again, this investigation was announced before the Cincinnati game ever happened
The injuries are exactly the reasons the contracts aren’t guaranteed. In baseball, those massive contracts are all insurable. I don’t know exactly how it works, but I know the Sox aren’t crying that Sale has been injured so frequently….,.at least they are getting some return on his awful contract.
Duh
I know math is hard for you, but that tweet is from Sunday at 5 PM. They announced an investigation an hour after the game ended
It's not about being contrarian, it's about wanting all the info so that we know it is being handled properly.
God, I read it as the 28th. Sue me, fire me, hang me, whatever. If it makes you feel better to be insulting, have at it.
You’re right, he had a concussion against the Bills when his legs buckled. This was a second impact.
So when I added that this was a business decision her response was of course that it wasn't a very good business decision was it?
It was 100% a head injury, had all the symptoms you see from a head injury. It's really bad the Dolphins and Tua (not his fault) pretended he had a back injury and that the NFL doctor cleared him. It shows the NFL still isn't at all serious about this stuff. This story isn't going to go away.
I’m ready for the OT thread on this situation with the wife’s sister!
He actually does have a back injury. He got bent backwards and rolled up on during a QB sneak. It looked like one of those plays where a lineman gets rolled up on and ends up having an injured knee. When I saw the play I figured that was his "injury for the season". Everything else in the Buffalo game is up for investigation, but his back did get dinged up on top of it all.
Whether or not he has a back injury too is not relevant to the play in question. He literally shakes his head to try to get the cobwebs out, then can’t maintain balance.
The play we're all talking about was a head injury, they tried to play it off as a back injury.
I'm just stating the fact that he actually did hurt his back. It's just another one to add to his, sadly, growing list of injuries he has taken since college. Everything else aside, I fear that he is just a small guy playing a game that will be too damaging for him.
And I'm just stating the fact he had a head injury on the play against the Bills we're all talking about and the team and Tua tried to play it off as a back injury.