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Show THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah Friday, November 1, 19 oncussions no longer a laughing matter in NFy IU By PAUL DOMOWITCH Rhodes said, "Normally. I wouldn't ' and KEVIN MULLIGAN have put him buck in the pittite. It's a Knight-RiddNewspapers gray area. It was one in which l Vt focus and couldn't PHILADELPHIA Back mcr) couldn't lot of a remember things, Itul it win when Ray Rhodes was earning his 8 serious enough com intHlon lltul lit as an NFL keep player in the 1970s, not many people around the was nit of it and a little daed. "If I had it to do over again, league took concussions very seriI realized he was once bleeping ously. They were given roughly the same medical priority as a bloody things up, I probably would' vc gone to Hobby lloying," nose or a jammed finger. Concussions have become a I "When played, you just got knocked out, you know what I major concern in the NI L. With a mean?" Rhodes said. "lf you cot mimlvr of high profile players -hit. they gave you smelling sails, including quarterback Chris Miller, you came around and you went wide receiver Al Toon and fullback Merril Huge back out there and pluyed." forced into retireBui concussions no longer arc a ment over the last few years by cumulative head injuries, the league laughing mailer around the NI L. "The precautionary measures has started to take a long, hard look (for concussions) are a whole lot at what can be done to reduce the more severe now than when 1 number of concussions and more played," Rhodes said. accurately diagnose them. Rhodes is an intense, success-drive- n Detmer's concussion was the coach who would cut off first of his career. one of his cars to win a game. But "I never had one before," he said. he wonders if his desire to beat the "But it was kind of like I was in and Dallas Cowboys in early October out of knowing what was going on. clouded his judgment about keep- The next minute, I wouldn't rememing quarterback Ty Detmer in the ber what had just happened. "I don't know if the coaches game after he suffered a concussion late in the third quarter. were asking if 1 wanted to come Detmer, who took a vicious hit out or what. A lot of things I still from Cowboys strong safety Dardon't remember. I've never had ren Woodson, was given the green that situation happen before. When light to return to the game by team you're in it, you don't really underinternist Dr. John McShane. stand what's going cn. You think But Rhodes said that Detmer you're normal." wasn't thinking clearly when he While Rhodes might have had went back in the game, and that second thoughts about Detmer Detmer's unreliable mental state returning to the game, McShane influenced his decision to attempt doesn't. He said he examined the a field goal on fourthand-- l from quarterback thoroughly and is minutes comfortable with his decision to let the Dallas 11 with left in the game rather than go for him go back in. the first down. The kick ended up "I gave him a neurological getting blocked and the Eagles examination and asked him a series of questions that he was able ultimately lost the game, 23-1answer "Really, I was out of character in to appropriately," keeping the kid in the game," McShane said. "He probably had . Page I 4fc er vm i 'W - " , ?fj'"iS" , on some offensive formations. "He was able to do that.1'; McShane said. "And as you knowi the formations in this offense are' very complicated. He was able lo-- do all that. So we felt very ooiiv. fortable that he was not in any d4fl-ger going back into the game.'; : I According to Rhodes, Detmec didn't have quite as good a grasj); of the offensive formations When he went back into the game.;But McShane said Rhodes never men tioned that to him. And he saidr even if he did, it wouldn't have! changed his opinion. tV "That would not have influenced 7 my decision," he said. "We tested, him again on the sideline in,thfh ", fourth quarter. He was able to ansvye those questions appropriately. . "But it's different standing im the sideline and being askecDai question and giving an answer than.' it is being out on the field, audib lizing at the line of scrimmage : making a read. "My role is to make sure he's safe, not to make sure he has cottl- - , mand of the game. From my " he was safe." BanEagles vice president Joe ner said he had no problems wiwV McShane's decision to let Detmej"; go back into the game. clear-cut," "Sometimes, it's very Banner said. "When Rodney Peetej 1 got a concussion in our playoff game ', against Dallas last year, there was J no gray area about whether he could j go back in the game. He could not " have told you his name. "But with Ty. it wasn't nearKOis i clear-cu- t. Initially, it seemed Jikj; he was fine. Then he'd go out .on the field and do something '.and you'd think, 'Geez, he's not reaHyl fine.' Afterward, you look back I and realize he was enough not finej that maybe it would've been better to just take him out." , A j N&J Y;hf LAI - ) AP Photo season. Detmer is seen here passing against the Former BYU great Ty Detmer, who is 0 as a starter, suffered a concussion in a relief stint earlier this 3-- some catastrophic neurologic event by going back in the game. "The issue of whether he was competent to run the team in the 9. playing the Dallas Cowboys or any other team in the NFL." Besides asking Detmer some basic questions such as the day of the week and the score of the game, McShane also had assistant coach Gerald Carr quiz the quarterback heat of battle isn't a medical decision. That's a coaching decision. Ray probably felt that, observing how he handled the team, he wasn't as quick or as sharp as he would have wanted him to be, as he would need to be when you're to think about it a lot harder than he might have otherwise. But I felt there was no risk of him suffering 9-- New York Giants in his first NFL start. Wrestling i" champ 'Angles' for acting MmM When PITTSBURGH (AP) America last visited with him, Olympic wrestling champion Kurt d Angle was on his knees on a mat, saying a thankful and teary-eye- d victory prayer. The unrehearsed pose was striking not only for its symbolism the wonderment of finally achieving the Olympic gold medal that thousands dedicate their lives to but also its sincerity. winning He was pictured on the front pages of newspapers worldwide. Then, like the dozens of other who captivated a Olympians nation for 2 12 weeks with their relentless dedication to victory and soap opera-lik- e story lines, Kurt Angle just went away. But cry not in your Wheau'es for w ho Angle, a personable possesses not only good looks and charismatic charm, but what marketing experts call extreme likability. Now, Angle is poised to become a first by emerging from the anonymity of amateur achieve a national profile to WTestling beyond that of an Olympic champion. "All my life, all I've ever wanted to do was be an Olympic champion or go into entertainment," Angle said during a brief break from an endless round of personal appearances, meetings with agents, book signings and motivational speeches. 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