Paul George concussion

[JetMetFan]

Agreed. Unless George was forgetting things in the huddle, stumbling, etc. or he said something to the coaching/training staff and no one responded how can the Pacers or the league be accused of hypocrisy? He's a grown-a** man. If he doesn't open his mouth and say "I blacked out" and/or he answers the concussion-related questions properly he can keep playing. It doesn't necessarily follow that someone is concussed once they've taken a blow to the head. He's been diagnosed so now here are the next steps:

Return-to Participation Decisions:
Once a player is diagnosed with a concussion he is then held out of all activity until he is symptom-free at rest and until he has no appreciable difference from his baseline neurological exam and his baseline score on the computerized cognitive assessment test.
The concussed player may not return to participation until he is asymptomatic at rest and has successfully completed the NBA concussion return-to-participation exertion protocol.

Return-to Participation Protocol:
The return to participation protocol involves several steps of increasing exertion -- from a stationary bike, to jogging, to agility work, to non-contact team drills.
With each step, a player must be symptom free to move to the next step. If a player is not symptom free after a step, he stops until he is symptom free and begins again at the previous step of the protocol (i.e., the last step he passed without any symptoms).
While the final return-to participation decision is to be made by the player’s team physician, the team physician must discuss the return-to-participation process and decision with Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher, the Director of the NBA’s Concussion Program, prior to the player being cleared for full participation in NBA Basketball.
It's important to note that there is no time frame to complete the protocol. Each injury and player is different and recovery time can vary in each case.

If the Pacers don't follow the protocol then you can talk about hypocrisy.