NFL star Damar Hamlin in important condition after cardiac arrest

Speaking on CNN Tuesday, Steve DeOssie, who began his NFL career in the mid-1980s, said: "Any change to the game is met with all kinds of skepticism."

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DeOssie said that after Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest in the area Monday night, his son Zak, who also played within the NFL

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players' association, told his father that the league now has an emergency situation facility for those situations

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“They have eventualities now in the neighborhood in case of positive scenario emergencies like this

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So while possibly 10 years ago, they may not have had several of these conditions,” he said.

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DeOssie said that while adjustments have been made to touch the regulations at some point in the game

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief science correspondent, said this morning that it is very important that the scientific staff were able to restart Damar

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"Simply, time is of the essence here in terms of taking care of someone like that. The reaction of the science team was quick and second

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