I’’d like to throw down here the part that the players hold in all this.
A concussion is not like a broken bone or a torn ligament. You can’t usually see it on x-ray or MRI - a significant trauma with a subdural bleed but that’s relatively rare.
How do you know a player has a concussion?
1) they accurately report symptoms
2) they gave an honest effort on their baseline testing so post-concussion testing shows cognitive defecits
”The independent neurologists must be on the take”, way to slander medical professionals. Why would they be “on the take”? What would be the benefit to their careers and professional reputations if they cleared a player who is reporting symptoms or who didn’t pass his baseline testing?
And way to dodge the elephant in the room - the responsibility players have for their own health and safety, and the fact that they really really really want to play and that some will shade baseline tests and minimize symptoms towards that goal.
Hopefully Taron Johnson has not done this and is legitimately cleared to play.