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If Dr. Bennett Omalu — the brain expert who discovered CTE — was running the NFL or the Miami Dolphins at the time…he told us TMZ Sports he will force Tua Tagovailoa Retired after his latest head injury.
celebrity inspiration Will Smith Concussion Films didn’t mince words when it came to talking about it on Friday… outright saying that the consequences of letting the 26-year-old return to the field after another concussion could be dire.
Tua works on this run to get first down, but gets carried away and doesn’t know how to protect himself
Literally he just hit Damar Hamlin and he didn’t look like he was going to hit hard
Tua hits Damar harder than Damar hits Tua pic.twitter.com/cS2aXEIE9H
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) September 13, 2024
@ sharp football
Specifically, Omaru said that if Tagovailoa suffers another severe blow to his brain, he could be “permanently incapacitated.”
Omalu said: “When the company sent him back to play, they were fully aware… that there was a significant and significant risk that this man could suffer subsequent catastrophic and permanent brain damage, so why send him back?” What about returning to the game?
Currently, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel Said the decision is in Tagovailoa’s hands … but right now, the timeline for the decision is the last thing anyone in the building wants to talk about.
Still, Omaru told CNN if he had any contact with Tagovailoa, he would strongly urge the football player to drop it.
Mike McDaniel gets it. His answer on whether Tua Tagovailoa should retire is worth 2 minutes of your time.
🎥 @Miami Dolphins pic.twitter.com/UAf3rM2nNx
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) September 13, 2024
@RGIII
“If I were his brother, his father, his uncle, cousin, nephew, if I were a member of his family,” Omalu said, “I would beg him to retire.”
Of course, Omaru gave Tagovailoa this advice before following through on it. serious head injury 2022 vs. Bengals.
Now, he’s imploring his quarterback to listen to him this time…and, frankly, “find something else to do.”
