Actually there are, it's called a Grade 1 concussion in which you can return to play after 15 minutes. Grade II allows return after 1 week.

This is according to doctors. But what do they know?

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When to Return to Play
Grade of Concussion: Return to Play only After Being Asymptomatic with Normal Neurologic Assessment at Rest and with Exercise:
Grade 1 Concussion At least 15 minutes
Multiple Grade 1 Concussions 1 week
Grade 2 Concussion 1 week
Multiple Grade 2 Concussions 2 weeks
Grade 3 - Brief Loss of Consciousness (seconds) 1 week
Grade 3 - Prolonged Loss of Consciousness (minutes) 2 weeks
Multiple Grade 3 Concussions 1 month or longer, based on decision of evaluating physician

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Posted by Sophandros

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Posted on 10/15/12 at 8:40 am to genro

quote:
Actually there are, it's called a Grade 1 concussion in which you can return to play after 15 minutes. Grade II allows return after 1 week.

More recent research shows that your chart is wrong, due to the cumulative effect of concussions.

Try finding something from less than five years ago, sport.

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Posted by lsutigers1992

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Posted on 10/15/12 at 8:43 am to genro

Well, thirty years from now when RGIII doesn't even know his name and he goes on TV talking about how the NFL ruined his life, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A SINGLE ONE OF YOU BITCHING THAT ITS HIS FAULT BECAUSE HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS GETTING INTO.

The NFL could have stopped this but keeping one of its most marketable cash cows on the bench and "changing the culture" just wasn't more important than the bottom line.

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