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By Bill Bradley, contributing editorNFL teams unanimously approved Tuesday morning the addition of a medical timeout during the NFL Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Nick Wittgren Jersey according to NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport.The new timeout was first discu sed Monday by the Competition Committee. The timeout would stop action and allow medical officials to remove a player who observers believe to be injured or concu Danny Salazar Jersey sed.Under the new rule, the player would be removed from the game and undergo an examination on the sideline or undergo the league's concu sion protocol. The player's team would be allowed to substitute for him, and the opposite team also would be given a chance to change personnel. Omar Vizquel Jersey The NFL last season began using independent medical observers in the pre s box to spot players who might have suffered injuries. They were equipped with video equipment that allowed them to review replays and communication devices to contact medical officials on the sidelines."We've got the (medical) spotters," Rich McKay, president of the and co-chairman of the committee, said Monday during Francisco Lindor Jersey a pre s conference. "They've got a really good vantage point, they've got technology in their booth, they're communicating pretty well with our trainers and doctors and we've got a pretty good rhythm going there."And maybe this becomes the fail-safe. Corey Kluber Jersey We do not expect this to be a rule that gets used a lot. We expect it to be a fail-safe when people just don't see this player and the distre s the player may have had, the spotter does and stops the game."The A sociated Pre s contributed to this report.
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