{"id":86832,"date":"2022-10-04T16:27:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T16:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tua-tagovailoa-should-retire-after-concussion-bennet-omalu\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T16:27:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T16:27:16","slug":"tua-tagovailoa-should-retire-after-concussion-bennet-omalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tua-tagovailoa-should-retire-after-concussion-bennet-omalu\/","title":{"rendered":"Tua Tagovailoa should retire after concussion: Bennet Omalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Bennet Omalu, the famed neuropathologist who discovered Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in former football players, has advised that Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa \u201cstop playing\u201d football after suffering a concussion last Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTua, my brother.  I love you,\u201d Omalu told TMZ.  \u201cI love you as much as I love my son.  stop playing.  stop.  Hang your helmet and gallantly walk away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tagovailoa was stretched off the field in Miami&#8217;s loss to the Bengals on \u201cThursday Night Football\u201d after the back of his head crashed into the ground following on a hit by Cincinnati nose tackle Josh Tupou. <\/p>\n<p>The quarterback&#8217;s fingers flexed in a \u201cfencing response,\u201d and he remained on the field for nearly 10 minutes before he was carted off and subsequently hospitalized.  It came just four days after he appeared wobbly after appearing to hit his head on the field against the Bills.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (1) is carted off the field after an injury in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept.  29, 2022, at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, OH. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Tua-Tagvailoa-copy.jpg?resize=1024%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (1) during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept.  29, 2022, at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, OH.   \" class=\"wp-image-24115326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Tua-Tagvailoa-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Tua-Tagvailoa-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (1) during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept.  29, 2022, at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, OH.   <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy advice to him is, look, it&#8217;s time,\u201d Omalu said.  \u201cYou&#8217;ve severe, long-term permanent brain damage.  He seized\u2026 If you love your life.  If you love your family, you love your kids, if you have kids, it&#8217;s time to gallantly walk away.  Go find something else to do. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe should stop.  Sometimes money is not more valuable than human life.  $20 billion is not worth more than your brain.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Omalu, who authored the 2018 book, \u201cBrain Damage in Contact Sports,\u201d was the first to identify CTE in the brains of deceased athletes and military veterans. <\/p>\n<p>In December 2015, Sony Pictures produced and released a major Hollywood movie titled \u201cConcussion\u201d on Bennet&#8217;s life and work.  Will Smith played Dr.  Omalu in the movie. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Omalu-copy.jpg?resize=1024%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Forensic pathologist and neuropathologist Dr.  Bennet Omalu participates in a briefing sponsored by Rep.  Jackie Speier (D-CA) on Capitol Hill on January 12, 2016 in Washington, DC.  Dr.Omalu is credited with discovering chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in former NFL players. \" class=\"wp-image-24115245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Omalu-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Omalu-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Dr.  Bennet Omalu speaking at a briefing sponsored by Rep.  Jackie Speier (D-CA) on Capitol Hill on January 12, 2016 in Washington, DC.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tagovailoa remains in the NFL&#8217;s concussion protocol and has already been ruled out for Sunday&#8217;s game against the Jets.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted to Twitter on Friday, Tagovailoa said he is \u201cfeeling much better and focused on recovering\u201d in order to return to action.<\/p>\n<p>DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, has vowed to pursue \u201cevery legal option\u201d to investigate a potential protocol violation by the Dolphins concerning Tagovailoa.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bennet Omalu, the famed neuropathologist who discovered Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in former football players, has advised that Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa \u201cstop playing\u201d football after suffering a concussion last Thursday. \u201cTua, my brother. I love you,\u201d Omalu told TMZ. \u201cI love you as much as I love my son. stop playing. stop. Hang your &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tua-tagovailoa-should-retire-after-concussion-bennet-omalu\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tua Tagovailoa should retire after concussion: Bennet Omalu<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[28830,27601,7948,423,307,14762],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80800,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bennet-omalu-faults-tua-tagovailoa-for-staying-in-the-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":86832,"position":0},"title":"Bennet Omalu faults Tua Tagovailoa for staying in the game","date":"September 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Getty Images Dr. Bennet Omalu may have discovered Chronic Traumatic Enchelopathy, but he still has a lot to learn when it comes to how the brains of football players are wired.Omalu, whose efforts to make the NFL take head trauma seriously were the subject of the film\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Dr.  Bennet Omalu, Who Discovered CTE In Ex-NFL Players, Holds Briefing On Capitol Hill","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-504713792-e1664375019136.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":81099,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cte-pioneer-says-tua-tagovailoa-shouldnt-be-playing\/","url_meta":{"origin":86832,"position":1},"title":"CTE pioneer says Tua Tagovailoa shouldn&#8217;t be playing","date":"September 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The physician who published the first evidence of a link between chronic traumatic encephalopathy and football in 2005 said he wouldn't have allowed Tua Tagovailoa to return to the Miami Dolphins game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday or let him play in Thursday night's contest against the Cincinnati Bengals.During\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":102895,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dolphins-tua-tagovailoa-details-night-of-his-concussion-i-dont-remember-being-carted-off\/","url_meta":{"origin":86832,"position":2},"title":"Dolphins&#8217; Tua Tagovailoa details night of his concussion: &#8216;I don&#8217;t remember being carted off&#8217;","date":"October 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa detailed the night he brought a concussion in a game against the Bengals in Week 4, saying he doesn't \u201cremember being carted off\u201d the field.\u201cThere was a point I was unconscious. 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