Players to soon take concussion tests on sideline

by Ryan Ebert

When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell entered the league, he placed an emphasis on discipline and player safety. Six years later and an extension those topics have grown even bigger.

Goodell told Peter King of SI.com that with the testing and treatment evolving all the time that soon players can take concussion tests on the sideline via electronic tablets.

"The first thing to do is prevent it. That goes to rules, equipment," Goodell said in the most recent installment of King's "Monday Morning Quarterback" column. "The second is our sideline assessment tools. We have made changes to that. There are some new technologies that make this very soon in the future where on a tablet, you can actually take a test on the sideline to determine (the concussion)."

That sort of technology may even be in by this year, and emphasized that players must self-report their concussions. The league will have spotters to look for players that may have concussions.