A Harvard-educated doc has accused LSU aesculapian unit of carrying retired a 'bulls***' concussion trial connected their backmost aft a dense deed this weekend.
During their decision to Florida connected Saturday night, Tigers backmost Garrett Nussmeier was near lying connected the level successful agony aft being brutally sacked by 2 Gators defenders earlier dilatory returning to his feet.
Having taken specified a fierce hit, LSU doctors were obliged to travel concussion protocols and analyse Nussmeier earlier deciding whether oregon not helium was acceptable to instrumentality to the field.
However, ESPN's broadcast captured a subordinate of the team's aesculapian unit conducting a bizarre trial connected the 22-year-old.
The Tigers staffer could beryllium seen moving his scale digit up and down for Nussmeier to travel it with his eyes, earlier appearing to marque him basal connected 1 limb with his eyes closed.
And that basal introspection has not gone down good with Chris Nowinski, a qualified neuroscientist and founding CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation.
A Harvard-educated doc has accused LSU of carrying retired a 'bulls***' concussion test
LSU QB Nussmeier backmost successful aft this hit, missing 1 play aft a BS "follow my finger" and "stand connected 1 limb with your eyes closed" sideline #concussion exam is an embarrassment to sports medicine and assemblage football. pic.twitter.com/tiJDqERMo1
— Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. (@ChrisNowinski1) November 17, 2024If you are acrophobic helium had a concussion due to the fact that helium got crushed, grabbed his head, and took everlastingly to basal up, you've got to bash much than this. He gets deed again and this could beryllium disfigured pic.twitter.com/G3BufIn9AR
— Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. (@ChrisNowinski1) November 17, 2024Nowinski shared clips of Nussmeier being sacked and completing the concussion tests connected X portion writing: 'LSU QB Nussmeier backmost successful aft this hit, missing 1 play aft a BS "follow my finger" and "stand connected 1 limb with your eyes closed" sideline #concussion exam is an embarrassment to sports medicine and assemblage football.'
He past added: 'If you are acrophobic helium had a concussion due to the fact that helium got crushed, grabbed his head, and took everlastingly to basal up, you've got to bash much than this. He gets deed again and this could beryllium ugly'.
After yet returning to the game, Nussmeier was sacked for a season-high full of 7 times arsenic the Tigers slumped to a 27-16 defeat, extending their losing tally to 3 games.
Nowinski besides shared a clip of the LSU prima taking different deed aboriginal successful the crippled and said: 'A fewer plays aboriginal helium smacks his caput disconnected the turf. He'll astir apt beryllium hurting tonight, but I'm guessing helium won't admit it and we'll ne'er talk of this again.
'I conjecture colleges are officially treating them arsenic pros now. You motion up, you are going backmost in.'
LSU's concussion protocol states that players should acquisition a 'clinical evaluation' and a 'physical and neurological exam' if a imaginable concussion has occurred and archetypal exam has been completed.
'Could they person performed a carnal and neurological exam and tally done the SCAT 6 portion helium was retired for 1 play? No,' Nowinski added. 'Therefore, the protocol appears to person been breached.'
LSU backmost Garret Nussmeier took a season-high 7 sacks successful their nonaccomplishment to Florida
Social-media users were wholly successful statement with the Harvard P.h.D., taking to X to explicit their bemusement astatine LSU's insufficient concussion test.
MLS expert Taylor Twellman said successful a now-deleted post: 'This is successful 2024 not 1975. Hey @LSUfootball you guys cognize smoking cigarettes causes crab correct?!'
A instrumentality said: 'The purposeful deficiency of accountability wrong diversion grooming and sports medicine for cases similar this is awful. How tin immoderate healthcare oregon aesculapian nonrecreational beryllium good with this happening connected their watch? It’s astir arsenic though the non-ethical ones are preferred for specified jobs.'
Another posted: 'College needs an autarkic examiner conscionable arsenic the NFL does.'
A 3rd joked: 'Like the oculus trial I took for [my] driving licence 30 years agone ffs'.
While 1 adjacent claimed: 'Yep. He intelligibly failed the "stand connected 1 leg" trial too.'