The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said he supports the NFL’s stricter policies on allowing players to return on the field after sustaining head injuries. But he just suspects whether all players will comply with the policies completely.
Speaking to reporters in Green Bay on a conference call Wednesday, Roethlisberger said he believed league officials have players’ best interests in mind. But he doubted players won’t be “completely honest” about injuries because they want to keep playing or their team needs them to put on NFL jerseys to give a hand.
Roethlisberger sat out the Steelers’ Nov. 29 loss at Baltimore because of a concussion. This month, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to teams about the new policy which rules that a player should not be allowed to return to action if he showed certain symptoms, including an inability to remember assignments or plays, a gap in memory, persistent dizziness, and persistent headaches. Comparing to the previous standard which said a player should not be allowed to return if he lost consciousness, the new policy is much stricter.
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