Concussion "not a major issue" - O'Neill
September 27, 2016
Tipperary's Seamus Callanan and Michael Murphy of Donegal at a National Concussion Symposium Media Briefing at Croke Park.
©INPHO/Ryan Byrne.
Dr Pat O'Neill says concussions are rare in gaelic games.
Dr O'Neill, who managed Dublin to All-Ireland glory in 1995, is set to participate in the GAA's first concussion symposium at Croke Park next month.
"I don't think it's a major issue in terms of Gaelic games, other than when it does happen obviously, but certainly on a frequency and intensity level it's not in the same capacity as what they're dealing with in the United States," he is quoted in The Irish Examiner.
"They are leaders in terms of the research on it and what is going on, some of which is quite alarming. But I don't think we're in that position in Gaelic games."
The former Dublin footballer was also part of the committee that voted against introducing a concussion sub rule last year: "Personally, in the capacities that I have been in as a player and a manager and a medic, I wouldn't be in favour of it. If there is a suspected concussion there, the decision should be to remove the player."
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