The NFL’s Concussion Protocol is tough and non-compliance can result in severe penalties. Now a player has been penalized for reporting a concussion that he didn’t actually have. This is causing trouble for the players’ union

Since the number of cases of CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) among former NFL players has increased, the league has once again tightened up the Concussion Protocol and its rules. Players are supposed to take themselves out of the game on their own initiative as soon as they experience symptoms of a concussion.

However, as the players’ union NFLPA has now revealed, one player was given a hefty fine. Not because he did not report his concussion, but because he reported it but was not diagnosed with a concussion.

50,000 dollars was imposed on a player who is not named.

J.C. Tretter, former offensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns and now spokesman for the players’ union, sharply criticizes the league. “It’s dangerous,” complains the 32-year-old. “On the one hand, we want players to take themselves out of the game for their own safety. But then we punish them when, fortunately, there is no injury?”

As Tretter writes in his column, the player in question left the field for two drives after both the so-called head injury spotter and the team doctor and player agreed that an evaluation of a possible injury was necessary

After the player appealed the penalty, it was rescinded.

“The league needs to learn from this,” former offensive lineman Tretter continues.

Just a week ago, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy went through the Concussion Protocol in record time and didn’t miss a game. This also drew criticism