When Tony Romo stayed down after a third quarter sack all I could think was, "The Cowboys activated him from IR too early." Anybody who saw that play could have guessed it: he re-broke his left collarbone. In the NFL.com article about Romo's injury, I read a team doctor warned him he could break it again before the Dolphins game. That makes me wonder why he was cleared to play in Miami. How could the team let that happen?

 

It also makes me wonder how many other players were activated from IR/DTR too early and re-injured whatever because they were not out long enough. The rule is a minimum of eight weeks, not a maximum of eight weeks, so Romo could have been kept on IR longer. I am afraid many teams think they should take players off IR as soon as they are eligible instead of how long is really necessary. Is this a common error, or just a freak situation in Dallas?

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not worth thinking about. Just give me the money

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Not worth thinking about. Just give me the money.

 

Anything related to player safety is worth thinking about. That is always more important than money.

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Anything related to player safety is worth thinking about. That is always more important than money.

They willing know they play a violent game. They always have the final say. He didn't want to get hurt? Shouldn't have played. It's simple really.

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They willingly know they play a violent game. They always have the final say. He didn't want to get hurt? Shouldn't have played. It's simple really.

 

Exactly. So why did the Cowboys let him play if they don't want him to get hurt again? The team has final say, not the player.

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I'm not sure but I think you have to activate them after those 8 weeks, and if you don't they have to go to regular i.r. that's why they made that new distinction, so that injuries that wouldn't normally be the whole season, but a good chunk of it, wouldn't cause a team to have to give up that extra roster spot.

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Exactly. So why did the Cowboys let him play if they don't want him to get hurt again? The team has final say, not the player.

NO ONE can tell you what to do with your own body! The player has final say period. To think otherwise is dumb.

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Actually, just looked it up. After the 6th week the player is eligible to practice, then the team has 21 days to decide to add them to the active roster or they have to full i.r. the player. Therefore the Cowboys thought they had a shot at winning out I guess, and decided to gamble on his shoulder.

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Chicken nuggets is like my family.

NO ONE can tell you what to do with your own body! The player has final say period. To think otherwise is dumb.

 

It is always the doctor's final say for collarbone fractures.

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NO ONE can tell you what to do with your own body! The player has final say period. To think otherwise is dumb.

 

The NFL Concussion Protocol says "Hi!"

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It is always the doctor's final say for collarbone fractures.

The doctor bas the say so on if they player is medically able to go, or eligible. It's ultimately up to the player if they play or not.

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Chicken nuggets is like my family.

When Tony Romo stayed down after a third quarter sack all I could think was, "The Cowboys activated him from IR too early." Anybody who saw that play could have guessed it: he re-broke his left collarbone. In the NFL.com article about Romo's injury, I read a team doctor warned him he could break it again before the Dolphins game. That makes me wonder why he was cleared to play in Miami. How could the team let that happen?


It also makes me wonder how many other players were activated from IR/DTR too early and re-injured whatever because they were not out long enough. The rule is a minimum of eight weeks, not a maximum of eight weeks, so Romo could have been kept on IR longer. I am afraid many teams think they should take players off IR as soon as they are eligible instead of how long is really necessary. Is this a common error, or just a freak situation in Dallas?

<a class="bbc_url" href='http://m.nbcsports.com/content/jerry-jones-putting-romo-back-field-was-worth-risk'>http://m.nbcsports.com/content/jerry-jones-putting-romo-back-field-was-worth-risk</a>

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The doctor bas the say so on if they player is medically able to go, or eligible. It's ultimately up to the player if they play or not.

Thank you! Apparently no one here gets that they are in control of their own body! Lol

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The NFL Concussion Protocol says "Hi!"

Ok so you're telling me that if someone wanted you to do something that could harm you, that it's their decision not yours? Seriously? All romo had to say is he didn't want to play due to risk of re-injury. Is this that hard of a concept to grasp!?

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It is always the doctor's final say for collarbone fractures.

Are you really not grasping what I'm saying or do you just like to argue for the sake of arguing?

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I despise the term IR Boomerang.

 

That is all.

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Ok so you're telling me that if someone wanted you to do something that could harm you, that it's their decision not yours? Seriously? All romo had to say is he didn't want to play due to risk of re-injury. Is this that hard of a concept to grasp!?

 

If you are cleared to play and won't then you probably get cut. At best you lose the respect of your teammates and coaches.

 

If you want to play but don't pass the protocol you don't play, no matter how much you want to. It's their decision, not yours.

 

Is this so hard to grasp?

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

If you are cleared to play and won't then you probably get cut. At best you lose the respect of your teammates and coaches.


If you want to play but don't pass the protocol you don't play, no matter how much you want to. It's their decision, not yours.


Is this so hard to grasp?

You missed my point so you answered my question.

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You either die as a good poster, or live long enough to become the troll.

You missed my point so you answered my question.

 

Maybe your point is just absurd? An NFL player, told by the docs and coach that he is cleared to play, who refuses to play? Have you ever heard of such a thing? In that toughman, warrior culture where weakness is derided, mocked, and eliminated without mercy?

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

I despise the term IR Boomerang.

 

That is all.

 

Does it use IR to find its way back to the thrower?

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