Quote:I agree.  

 

Some degree of "managing" a player's re-hab process must be allowed. The team should be allowed to be involved.  The team is heavily invested in that player and his well-being.  

 

Yet requiring them to limit health care choices and family placement/displacement can be seen as going a step too far.  

 

Needs to be a balance struck IMO.

 

I kind of lean towards the team(s) in this case.  In my opinion, your employer has the right to dictate when you are and are not "off" of work.  Just because it is the off-season, a player is still employed by the team that they are attached to, and still has an obligation to that team.

 

By the same token, players probably prefer to use their own doctors/therapists in their own home towns, and I certainly understand that.

 

The bottom line though is that players need to conform to their employer's rules.

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