NHL's New Concussion Rules Reactionary And About Image Not Safety

In Florida this week the NHL General Managers are having their meetings to discuss the state of the game. There was little doubt that concussions and player safety were going to be at the forefront of the discussions and so NHL Commissioner attempted to get out in front of that with his new five point plan to attempt to reduce concussions in the league. The full plan can be found at NHL.com The bullet point version of the plan is: Shanahan is in charge of equipment; players with any concussion symptoms are benched ad must see doctor who will administer testing; teams and their coaches can be held accountable for repeat offenders; evaluation of each arena to see how to improve safety conditions; finally a blue ribbon panel comprised of ex-players with Shanahan, Rob Blake, Steve Yzerman and Joe Nieuwendyk named. The entire plan seems to be more of damage control than real reform other than the second point which I want to discuss in more detail. The NHL Protocol fo...