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Originally Posted by TimTaylor
Oh it's true, but there won't be any lawsuit - all the gory details broke in a news conference yesterday the paper today, and they came directly from those involved. The results of the MRI were kept confidential at the request of Dixon & his family. It was Dixon that lobbied the coaches to let him play, knowing full well the risk he was taking. I still think the coaching staff was doubly stupid - both for agreeing to let him take the risk and for not having a backup plan.
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WOW! Any coaching/training staff that would allow a young athlete to jeopardize his physical well-being for the sake of a game/championship season is not doing its duty. There are times when adults and experts have to make the proper decisions for young people who may be too emotional.
No wonder the sideline reporter stated that the father was heard telling the young man, "Don't even think about going back in," as he was taken to the lockerroom.
Plus this means that the kid lied on national TV to the reporter at the end of the game when he said that he didn't know the extent of the injury.
This is a very sad story.