NEW YORK — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reportedly will expand restrictions on players returning to games after sustaining head trauma.
Fox Sports reported Sunday that Goodell will issue a memo this week to all 32 teams expanding grounds for the removal of a player with a head injury or concussion.
Currently, a player can return to the game after being diagnosed with a concussion if he is asymptomatic at rest and under exertion, and is cleared by the team doctor. The lone exception is if the medical staff determines the player lost consciousness, in which case he is ruled out for the remainder of the game.
The report said that if a player is “woozy, has general dementia or memory loss,” Goodell wants him barred from returning to a game.
“We are continuing to review all aspects of our guidelines on concussion management and treatment,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said.
The league would not comment on the Fox report.
Source: Giants’ Manning has foot injury
NEW YORK — Giants quarterback Eli Manning has developed a stress reaction in his right foot which could eventually lead to further injuries that might sideline him indefinitely.
A person familiar with Manning’s injury spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the team has not officially confirmed the problem.
Manning has suffered from plantar fasciitis — an injury to the band of connective tissue that runs along the bottom of the foot and inserts into the heel — since hurting the foot against Kansas City on Oct. 4. The stress reaction is not an unexpected development, but the team wants to prevent a stress fracture that could end Manning’s year.
The stress reaction was first reported by .
Falcons lose Ryan, Turner to injuries
ATLANTA — Atlanta offensive stars Matt Ryan and Michael Turner were injured against Tampa Bay, and the Falcons wouldn’t say how serious they are.
Ryan, the second-year quarterback, hurt his big right toe on Atlanta’s first series in a 20-17 victory over Tampa Bay. Turner reinjured his right ankle during the third quarter, a high sprain that had kept the running back out of the previous game and limited him in practice.
The Associated Press
