NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith said the union will consider legal remedies as it investigates whether Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa should have played in Thursday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Smith sent a statement to two members of the Amazon broadcast team, Andrew Whitworth and Richard Sherman, after Tagovailoa was taken off the field on a stretcher and transported to the hospital for evaluation of head and neck injuries, per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk.
"We insisted on these rules to avoid exactly this scenario," Smith said. "We will pursue every legal option, including making referrals against the doctors to licensing agencies and the team that is obligated to keep our players safe.