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If anyone watched the Frontline program about CTE and concussion related dementia in NFL players, you would have seen the kind of doctor Parcells hired when he was at the Jets. The guy was a concussion denier to put it bluntly and thought it didn't matter if a player went back into the same game after suffering one. IMO, that type of "get him on the field" approach is what Belichick grew up with in the NFL and was partly to blame for trying to find a way to hurry Gronk back before he was ready last year. Gronk wanted to play but the team and medical professionals need to stop players with that mindset if they're truly not ready and he obviously was not.
The problem forearm could still be weakened according to WEEI
...However, Gronkowski did not make his debut on Sept. 22, and has yet to step on the field for his first snap of game action. The reason: concern over the stability of his surgically repaired left forearm after a procedure performed by Patriots doctor Tom Gill. While it is common practice for team doctors to perform on their own athletes, the Gronkowski family became concerned after repeated surgeries to treat infections in the area of an implement, or device, that was placed in the forearm to expedite the healing process. WEEI.com has learned from multiple industry sources that the arm, injured initially on Nov. 18, 2012, against the Colts, might have healed properly on its own with no surgery necessary. But the team and Gronkowski, perhaps looking to hasten his return to the field, decided upon surgery to use an implement in hopes he would be ready for the playoffs. One source with knowledge of the initial forearm surgery told WEEI.com Thursday night that there is “serious concern” about the integrity of the bone where the implement was placed and the surrounding nerves. The source indicated that if the bone had healed on its own without an implement, there might have been no infection. However, there now are concerns that an abscess developed, causing infection and likely weakening the bone. This prompted three more surgeries in the offseason on the forearm, separate from the procedure on his back.
The Frontline program really exposed the NFL as a morally corrupt entity similar to big tobacco companies until too much information was leaked and the medical info became undeniable. Still, despite a settlement with players in the amount of $765 mil, the NFL admitted no guilt and it was seen as a "victory" for the league.
That program actually made me feel like I don't even want to watch the game anymore because it's just a modern vesion of the Gladiators battling each other in ancient Rome. There's an element of mental and moral degradation in it and I don't feel like being part of it.
The problem forearm could still be weakened according to WEEI
...However, Gronkowski did not make his debut on Sept. 22, and has yet to step on the field for his first snap of game action. The reason: concern over the stability of his surgically repaired left forearm after a procedure performed by Patriots doctor Tom Gill. While it is common practice for team doctors to perform on their own athletes, the Gronkowski family became concerned after repeated surgeries to treat infections in the area of an implement, or device, that was placed in the forearm to expedite the healing process. WEEI.com has learned from multiple industry sources that the arm, injured initially on Nov. 18, 2012, against the Colts, might have healed properly on its own with no surgery necessary. But the team and Gronkowski, perhaps looking to hasten his return to the field, decided upon surgery to use an implement in hopes he would be ready for the playoffs. One source with knowledge of the initial forearm surgery told WEEI.com Thursday night that there is “serious concern” about the integrity of the bone where the implement was placed and the surrounding nerves. The source indicated that if the bone had healed on its own without an implement, there might have been no infection. However, there now are concerns that an abscess developed, causing infection and likely weakening the bone. This prompted three more surgeries in the offseason on the forearm, separate from the procedure on his back.
The Frontline program really exposed the NFL as a morally corrupt entity similar to big tobacco companies until too much information was leaked and the medical info became undeniable. Still, despite a settlement with players in the amount of $765 mil, the NFL admitted no guilt and it was seen as a "victory" for the league.
That program actually made me feel like I don't even want to watch the game anymore because it's just a modern vesion of the Gladiators battling each other in ancient Rome. There's an element of mental and moral degradation in it and I don't feel like being part of it.
