FIFA proposes three minute stoppage if a player suffers a suspected concussion

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FIFA says its executive committee will this week discuss a proposal to introduce a three-minute stoppage if a player suffers a suspected concussion. Michel D'Hooghe, head of FIFA’s medical committee, recommended the new rules for the treatment of head injuries following a series of incidents in recent months that have sparked criticism of FIFA. Read full article

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Rufus
Well that's at least moving in the right direction. However in rugby (even at the lowly club level that I used to play at) any loss of consciousness is treated as a suspected concussion - which is an automatic three week suspension on medical grounds.

The funniest thing I've ever seen was a monstrous man-mountain of a No 8 arguing with a physio who must have been two feet shorter than him and probably half his weight who was insisting that the No 8 was concussed and had to come off. It got to the point where the referee had to be summoned, who promptly threatened to red card the No 8 if he didn't let himself be substituted.
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