The major talking point from Sunday's GAA action was a nasty clash of heads between Lee Keegan of Mayo and Cork's Eoin Cadogan, or rather the lack of precautionary action taken after the incident.
Both men were visibly shaken up by the clash, but while Cork immediately withdrew Cadogan from the action, Lee Keegan remained on the field and was clearly showing signs of concussion.
Mayo manager Stephen Rochford later suggested that Keegan wished to stay on as he was captaining the team, but it was clear that the decision should have been taken out of his hands, and an official statement has since been released by Mayo GAA accepting that he should have been substituted after the incident:
In today’s Allianz NFL Division 1 clash with Cork in Páirc Ui Rinn, Mayo player Lee Keegan was substituted with concussion symptoms.
The Mayo medical team accept that Lee should have been withdrawn as a precaution a number of minutes earlier when the collision occurred.
Player welfare is of paramount importance to all involved with Mayo GAA and members of the Mayo medical team have been to the forefront of player welfare initiatives in the GAA nationally.
Lee is recovering and will continue to be monitored over the coming days. As always, Mayo will follow the established Return to play protocols.
Too right. Keegan needed assistance in getting to the dressing room over 20 minutes after the initial clash, so clearly it was a mistake to allow him to return to action.
You get the feeling that this is not the last we will hear on this matter.
via mayogaa.com
