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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 629069"><p>Medical clearance is a gray area. Many prognoses importantly involve the question, "how does it feel?".</p><p></p><p>These are highly competitive individuals; for many their identity is deeply tied up with playing football. Some might be happy to collect a paycheck whether they are on the field or in the whirlpool, but they don't last very long.</p><p></p><p>As Bulaga illustrated in his recent quotes, he knows his body and has experience with injury. He knows what he can tolerate. An MD is not in position to declare a black or white assessment in many cases. Adams too...he gave it his best shot and it didn't work out, but I for one appreciate the effort. Cobb doesn't look like he's 100%. Tramon Williams played the better part of 2 years with the affects of nerve damage in his shoulder to an extent that press coverage was turned over to Shields. Rodgers played last year limping around.</p><p></p><p>We cannot celebrate the warrior ethos when a players is 100% and not at the same time appreciate it when they are willing to play at something less.</p><p></p><p>So, the matter is very much up to the player, even if not exclusively.</p><p></p><p>At the extreme, I found it interesting to hear Andy Reid discuss recently a Terrell Owens injury where the player was medically declared "out". TO insisted on playing and the Eagles had him sign a waiver freeing the team from any liability. Despite TO being a social misfit and his subsequent dustups with his QB that led to his release, he's still loved by many fans in Philly for putting forth that effort. While I don't believe the Packers do business this way, it does illustrate the competitive nature of players and the lengths they might go to get on the field.</p><p></p><p>How about Ronnie Lott? He was looking at extended treatment of a damaged finger; instead he had it amputated to get back on the field sooner.</p><p></p><p>If the player wants to play, and he says the things that move the matter in the gray area, let him play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 629069"] Medical clearance is a gray area. Many prognoses importantly involve the question, "how does it feel?". These are highly competitive individuals; for many their identity is deeply tied up with playing football. Some might be happy to collect a paycheck whether they are on the field or in the whirlpool, but they don't last very long. As Bulaga illustrated in his recent quotes, he knows his body and has experience with injury. He knows what he can tolerate. An MD is not in position to declare a black or white assessment in many cases. Adams too...he gave it his best shot and it didn't work out, but I for one appreciate the effort. Cobb doesn't look like he's 100%. Tramon Williams played the better part of 2 years with the affects of nerve damage in his shoulder to an extent that press coverage was turned over to Shields. Rodgers played last year limping around. We cannot celebrate the warrior ethos when a players is 100% and not at the same time appreciate it when they are willing to play at something less. So, the matter is very much up to the player, even if not exclusively. At the extreme, I found it interesting to hear Andy Reid discuss recently a Terrell Owens injury where the player was medically declared "out". TO insisted on playing and the Eagles had him sign a waiver freeing the team from any liability. Despite TO being a social misfit and his subsequent dustups with his QB that led to his release, he's still loved by many fans in Philly for putting forth that effort. While I don't believe the Packers do business this way, it does illustrate the competitive nature of players and the lengths they might go to get on the field. How about Ronnie Lott? He was looking at extended treatment of a damaged finger; instead he had it amputated to get back on the field sooner. If the player wants to play, and he says the things that move the matter in the gray area, let him play. [/QUOTE]
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