The National Football League has gone to extreme lengths to handle concussions, but the league has also made sure to keep an eye out for players faking the injury and according to NFL Players Association President JC Trotter, a player was fined for allegedly faking a concussion.
On Thursday, NFLPA President JC Tretter revealed in a letter that the NFL fined a player $50,000 for faking a concussion during the season. Per the letter, the fine was appealed and later fully rescinded.Â
“Another player this year was fined $50,000 for faking an injury. The injury that the player was accused of faking was a concussion. The team’s medical staff told him to go down on the field. He came out of the game for a concussion evaluation, which was required by our jointly appointed UNC and AT Spotter because of the blow to the player’s head.
He was evaluated for a concussion and missed the following two series. Despite the emphasis on players’ self-reporting this most serious of injuries, the NFL determined in their review process that a $50,000 fine was warranted. After his appeal, this fine was also rescinded in full,” Tretter wrote.
Tretter admonished the NFL for letting an incident like this “set a dangerous precedent.”
“In our view, this sets a very dangerous precedent. If on one hand, the onus is put on players to self-report injuries for their own safety, how can it be that they get penalized for following the reporting protocol to get their injury reviewed?” he added.
I wonder who that player was!
