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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
When you bring in interested parties to be the arbiters of care, standards are very often compromised. This is one of the major reasons why doctors do not treat relatives, for example, and bring in neutral third parties for care.
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I agree, still, I think that the goals of the interested parties in the NHL are closer in line with maintaining long term health than the NFLs interests. I'm not suggesting that players are not told to "play hurt" indeed this is likely the case for most players by the end of the season. However, I do believe that managers, coaches and owners understand that the long term health of key players sometimes outweighs the benefits of short term decision making. Of course, judgement calls of this sort happen all the time, and are often not ethical.