CountryFrog
Active Member
In football, though, playing through pain is part of the job. If the doctor says you're ok too play then you're expected to play. In any workplace, there is a certain level of pain, discomfort, or even injury that you're expected to manage and still get your job done. It's just different from one workplace to the next.i equate KL’s case to a workers comp claims. in workers comp, an employer can’t force you back to work. an employer can’t use their leverage to pressure you to return early.
let’s say you pull your back at work, something fierce. you are out for 6 weeks, bedridden. your boss calls you a week into your bed rest and says that good employees who get promoted don’t take time off. on and on.
you have rights as a worker. why doesn’t KL have the same rights? why do is it okay for college athletes to feel pressure to rerun early?
sure, everyone does it.
i think colleges and coaches need to live by the reasonable expectation to put the athlete first, especially in injury situations. not sure if tcu met the reasonable expectation here.
im glad we live in a country where we have the freedom to make arguments in courts.
I agree that the student's well being should be the priority. That's where the doctors come in, though. It's their job to make the determination of whether or not further harm can be done to a player. IF anyone screwed up here, then it was the doctors. I certainly don't know nearly enough about exactly what happened (or exactly what is supposed to happen) to make a determination about that.