Giants, Daboll fined for Dart concussion protocol violation

The NFL fined the New York Giants $200,000 for violating its concussion protocol during quarterback Jaxson Dart's evaluation in the blue medical tent in Week 6 against the Philadelphia Eagles on Oct. 9.

Additionally, the league fined Giants head coach Brian Daboll $100,000 and running back Cam Skattebo $15,000 for their involvement in the incident. Daboll and Skattebo entered the medical tent while Dart was being evaluated, prompting a joint review by the NFL and NFLPA of the team's handling of concussion protocols.

"The NFL and NFLPA concluded that the Giants violated the protocol when head coach Brian Daboll and running back Cam Skattebo entered the medical tent and spoke with Mr. Dart before his evaluation was complete, creating the perception that they were interfering with Dart's exam," the league's statement said. "While the parties agreed that coach Daboll's and Mr. Skattebo's actions had no actual impact on the exam or the care that Mr. Dart received, their conduct was inconsistent with and demonstrated a disregard for the concussion protocol's requirements and therefore constituted a violation."

The league added that all "team medical staff and unaffiliated medical providers properly followed all of the steps required by the collectively bargained and administered concussion protocol in their evaluation" of Dart.

Dart passed the concussion test and returned to the game, which ended in a 34-17 victory for New York.