30 DAY AUTOMATIC REST IN MMA

10.08.12

In MMA, fighters who get knocked out are forced in some states to sit out, at the minimum, 30-day mandatory suspensions. In other state governing bodies, such fighters can be held out of competition for 90 days. Does it seem odd that when it comes to college athletes, players who get knocked out may be allowed back into action in a week?

Myron Rolle, the former Florida State safety who won the Rhodes Scholarship before moving on to the NFL, said he would be very surprised if schools ever agreed to hold players, who suffered concussions out that length of time.