‘Concussion’ Doc Slams Tua Tagovailoa For Returning To Payments Recreation After Damage

Tua Tagovailoa was silly for returning to the Payments sport on Sunday after slamming his head on the turf … so says famed neuropathologist Bennet Omalu — who tells TMZ Sports activities the Dolphins quarterback put his life in danger by making the comeback.

Dr. Omalu — who’s the real-life inspiration for the well-known Will Smith “Concussion” film — says that by no means ought to Tagovailoa have come again into the competition in Miami after he was initially knocked out of it.

Omalu says he suspects Tagovailoa suffered a concussion based mostly on the whole lot he noticed on the sport’s broadcast … and he stated the 24-year-old ought to have protected himself and his future and stayed on the sideline the remainder of the day.

“Your life ought to be price extra to you than any amount of cash,” Omalu stated. “Your life is price greater than $10 billion, ‘trigger you possibly can’t substitute your life. You might have just one life.”

However Omalu, who found CTE, is not faulting the NFL or the Dolphins one bit for permitting Tagovailoa again underneath middle.

“The obligation falls on the gamers,” he stated. “The NFL didn’t level a gun on his head and say, ‘You need to return to play.’ He may have stated, ‘No.'”

For Tagovailoa’s half, he insisted he didn’t undergo a head harm through the play … however moderately, he stated he damage his again.

“I bought up, and that is form of why I stumbled,” the signal-caller informed reporters after Miami secured the 21-19 win over Buffalo. “My again form of locked up on me. However for essentially the most half, I am good. Handed no matter concussion protocol that they had.”