In a Friday interview with Maria Taylor of Football Night in America, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa‘s comments strongly suggested that his parents had misgivings about Tua returning to action, following a scary concussion that he suffered on September 29. In a subsequent production meeting with the Sunday Night Football broadcast team, the topic came up again.
Tua was asked whether his parents were OK with him playing football again
Tua Tagovailoa on parents concern
“Yeah, that was their biggest concern prior to the injury and then things in the hospital and then after that, going through the interview process, going to see second-opinion doctors.”