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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
Because if the doctor is affiliated with the team in any way, it can impact the decisions made. See NFL's joke on-the-field concussion protocol that medical professionals have participated in.
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I appreciate your point, but the culture of the NFL is much different.
The NFL is a meat grinder, and this opinion is held from top to bottom. Every player is considered replaceable but the quarterback. The rules, actions, and attitudes of the NFL reflect this. As such the long term health of the average NFL starter is not very important to the team or the league. They will squeeze the best out of a player until they are broken, long term health be damned.
In the NHL the long term health of most players, especially franchise players like Monahan is very important so how injuries are handled is very different.