05-07-2018, 11:25 AM
The athletic commissions that oversee boxing and MMA are so far ahead of the NFL in protecting their athletes there really isn't even a comparison. In the UFC/Boxing for instance you are mandatorily suspended for a knock out or TKO for 45 days with no contact at all for 30, this can also be applied if the fight physician deems to much head trauma occurred in a fight. Also to come back you must have a CT scan and it's compared to the baseline information they keep on every fighter from before every fight. A neurologist reviews the scans and decides if you have returned to pre fight condition and if not your suspension can be expanded for another 45 days.
Could you imagine Tom Brady getting knocked out and the NFL saying he is automatically out a quarter of the year with a chance it could become half? No, because they wouldn't make hard and fast rules like that because it's bad for their business.
Could you imagine Tom Brady getting knocked out and the NFL saying he is automatically out a quarter of the year with a chance it could become half? No, because they wouldn't make hard and fast rules like that because it's bad for their business.
