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The NFL and NFL Players Association on Monday jointly announced new guidelines designed to probe and punish teams that violate the leagues game-day concussion protocol.Under the new policy, when a teams medical staff or other employee is determined to violate the concussion protocol, the team could be subject to discipline -- either fines of anywhere from $50,000 to $150,000 for a first violation, or loss of draft picks.Fines for violators will ramp up to?a minimum of $100,000 for a second and each additional violation of the concussion protocol.There are additional penalties if the violation involves aggravating circumstances, and commissioner Roger Goodell may impose more severe financial penalties and require clubs to forfeit picks if its determined that a clubs medical team ignored protocol for competitive reasons.To enforce the new policy, the league and the players union will each designate a representative to monitor teams implementation of the protocol and investigate potential violations. The league and unions joint statement said the investigation will not make medical conclusions but will only determine whether the protocol was followed. An arbitrator will handle cases where the league and union disagree and report to the commissioner.Goodell retains sole discretion in determining penalties for violations of the game-day concussion protocol.The league and unions new rules are geared toward refining the existing ability to enforce whether teams are abiding by the concussion protocol, making it easier for the league to evaluate how teams handle concussions and determine whether a violation occurred, the league and NFLPA said.The threat by the players union to claim medical malpractice against team doctors and league neurologists assigned to games was a significant driving force in the new policy, a league source told ESPNs Ed Werder.Citing the example of the concussion Rams quarterback Case Keenum suffered during a 16-13 loss to the?Ravens?last season, the union threatened to make accusations of malpractice under Article 50 of the collective bargaining agreement in future such cases, and the NFL said?after the Keenum situation that it would consider future discipline for clubs that violate the procedure. The NFL investigated the series of events during which Keenum stayed in the game for the teams final two offensive plays after suffering the injury but decided not to penalize the Rams for mishandling concussion protocols.Diagnosed concussions rose by nearly 32 percent in the NFL during the 2015 season, according to data released in January by the league.The 2015 total was 271, a figure that includes all preseason and regular-season games as well as all practices since the start of training camp. The league had previously boasted of a decrease in reported concussions in both 2014 (206) and 2013 (229), a drop the league attributed to an enhanced concussion protocol it implemented after the 2012 season. There had been 261 reported concussions in 2012.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Fernando Alonso admits Suzuka has represented a step backwards for McLaren after he and Jenson Button were forced to settle for 15th and 17th on the grid.Honda came to its home race hoping for a competitive weekend but dropped off the pace on Saturday. Alonso switched to Hondas upgrade in Malaysia so he could run it this weekend without a penalty but still faces a start towards the back end of the grid.Alonso admits McLaren needs to hope for showers for Sundays grand prix.Definitely not the right performance in qualifying, Alonso said. All weekend long we have been struggling a little bit, trying to find the balance and speed of the car as well. Definitely difficult positions to start the race tomorrow, 15th and 17th are not the best places for the two McLarens, especially after some races we were used to being in Q3 and fighting for the points.So it seems to be a step backwards here, especially yesterday and Saturday, so we need to find some speed for tomorrow ... some weather change, some rain will help us recover some places. But we need to analyse why we underperformed.Alonso thinks McLaren is still struggling to find the ideal set-up on bboth cars.ddddddddddddSo far it has been disappointing, no doubt. Its not great for our home grand prix but we didnt find the speed all weekend long, were struggling with the high-speed performance and straight-line performance.Difficult to balance this in terms of downforce choices, etc, so not the ideal place to start the race but hopefully we can recover some places, maybe some rain around tomorrow because in a normal race, normal circumstances it will be difficult to gain places.Though admitting its been a step backwards, Alonso does not believe it is a sign McLaren and Hondas latest upgrades have gone in the wrong direction.I think everything is working. Five days ago we were performing really well in Malaysia. Its just circuit to circuit seems to change the performance of the car, or our competitors - here it seems Force India and Haas are running very quick, in Singapore Toro Rosso was running very quick. So depending circuit to circuit and this one is probably not in our sight, so we need to understand why. ' ' '