The Jungle is self-supported by showing advertisements via Google Adsense.
Please consider disabling your advertisement-blocking plugin on the Jungle to help support the site and let us grow!
We also show significantly less advertisements to registered users, so create your account to benefit from this!
Please consider disabling your advertisement-blocking plugin on the Jungle to help support the site and let us grow!
We also show significantly less advertisements to registered users, so create your account to benefit from this!
Questions or concerns about this ad? Take a screenshot and comment in the thread. We do value your feedback.
Blackmon. Why All The Secrecy?
|
Agreed. The team has a greater vested interest in the player than either the league or the NFLPA. Teams should be allowed to contract independent health care professionals to administer whatever care the player requires. Additionally, the health care professionals should be able to brief the team and league of the player's progress while keeping medical information private in accordance with HIPAA rules. I concede, that's a fine line, but with disclosure waivers signed by the player it should be achievable. Almost anything is better than the system currently in place. If you leave it up to the teams they'll rubberstamp that a guy is ready to get back into the league while he's filling out the application for reinstatement with a crackpipe dangling from his mouth. The teams interest is getting the player on the field, and the all other considerations fall by the wayside. There are also too many leaky sources around team facilities where confidentiality is of upmost importance (the fact that this thread is even started indicates the league does a very good job of this). This isn't a situation where the player is banished and then shows up out of the blue a year later and says "I"m all better!! I'm ready to apply back in the league !!" The player is given a set of criteria and guidelines by Goodell he must meet before applying for reinstatement. The league provides the player with all the necessary rehab, counseling and resources during suspension (not to mention random drug testing). The league is getting constant updates as to the player's progress. The league gets constant updates and keeps a lengthy paper trail as to how the player is doing. I'm sure the teams get some general information as to how the progress is going from the league so they can steer their franchise accordingly, even if it's not involving specifics. Whatever excuses Blackmon makes for himself, not having structure and resources will be the last of them. We could be so lucky as to have the kind of structure and resources at our disposal by our employer in a similar situation. In my job, get a little more harsh penalty than a year's suspension and unlimited paid for counseling when you've failed multiple drug tests or had numerous run ins with the law in 2 years. |
Users browsing this thread: |
The Jungle is self-supported by showing advertisements via Google Adsense.
Please consider disabling your advertisement-blocking plugin on the Jungle to help support the site and let us grow!
We also show less advertisements to registered users, so create your account to benefit from this!
Please consider disabling your advertisement-blocking plugin on the Jungle to help support the site and let us grow!
We also show less advertisements to registered users, so create your account to benefit from this!
Questions or concerns about this ad? Take a screenshot and comment in the thread. We do value your feedback.