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Originally Posted by MattyC
Yeah I don't disagree with any of that, and actually starting a discussion about the lack of cages a week or so ago. But at the end of the day, the doctors cleared these guys to play and had access to all the same, if not more, information about the long term effects of such a thing. If the doctors told them that if they keep playing theyre risking long term brain injury, and the player did anyways thats a different story. But the NHLs statement isnt that they provided their athletes with proper knowledge and were ignored, its that they should have known regardless of what a team employed doctor said. Thats what my issue is.
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Well, my issue is that this is largely driven by lawyers looking to profit by using a group of what is largely career minor leaguers as their patsys, but that is beside the point.
If the doctors clear the players, then that is on the doctors, not the teams. Being employed by the teams or league does not remove those doctors' professional responsibilities of doing what's best for the patient. So why aren't the doctors being sued? Oh, right... they don't have as much money as the league does.