It was blatantly obvious that we violated the established concussion protocol and I was worried about the possible consequences, but they seem to be relatively minor. The worst that could happen would be that we might receive as much as a $150,000 fine, which is roughly equivalent to the amount Paul Allen hands out in tips each year.
I do think that there should be a fairly rigorous examination as concussions is a serious matter, but feel that competition wise, that it's not fair for a team that is the victim of an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty should have to suffer the consequences of not being able to field their player while the offending team simply absorbs a sometimes meaningless penalty.
So my solution would be that should the Hawks or any other team be the victim of a personal foul penalty that results in a player having to leave the game via concussion protocol that the offending team be required to sit a player, the one guilty of the PF, for the amount of time it takes to clear the player.
But then again, we'd be opening a can of worms as there would be no reason not to include such actions for any personal foul penalty that resulted in an injured player.
So whatcha think?