GAA Medic’s concern at penalising teams for concussion breaches

A leading GAA doctor believes penalising teams who break concussion protocol is far too radical.

Dr Kevin Moran, Donegal team doctor and a member of the GAA’s Medical, Scientific and Welfare committee, has warned of a knee-jerk reaction to the controversial and incorrect decision of the Mayo management to allow Lee Keegan continue playing for 10 minutes after he displayed concussion symptoms following his collision with Cork’s Eoin Cadogan in the second-half of their Allianz league meeting.

Dr Moran, though stoutly defending the credentials of Mayo’s Dr Sean Moffatt, said Keegan should have been removed from the fray immediately and was fortunate not to have sustained another blow to the head during the period between the initial collision and his belated withdrawal.