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Allen Sills denies team physician bias claims
NFL chief medical officer dismisses concerns about team physician bias as 'nonsense' after Jalen Hurts' blood clot treatment.
In brief
NFL chief medical officer dismisses concerns about team physician bias as 'nonsense' after Jalen Hurts' blood clot treatment. NFL chief medical officer Allen Sills says team physicians aren't influenced by coaches or owners, but critics note the Unaffiliated Neurotrauma Consultant program shows bias risks exist…
Sills denies physician bias
Nfl chief medical officer allen sills says team physicians aren't influenced by coaches or owners.
“Any idea or any suggestion that a team physician is ever being influenced by a coach, a general manager, a team owner, it just doesn’t happen”
Sills claims no external influence
Sills insists no doctor takes orders from football personnel and that patient privacy concerns don't justify avoiding questions.
“There is no doctor who is taking orders from a football person, a non-medical person. Period”
Unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant program
The unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant program exists to diagnose concussions and clear players to return.
“The mere existence of the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant program for diagnosing concussions directly refutes sills’s contention”
Sills dismisses medical concerns
Sills calls the idea that team physicians put players in harm's way 'nonsense' despite blood clot treatment concerns.
“The notion that there are external factors or that any of our physicians would put a player in harm’s way, that’s nonsense”
Player privacy concerns
Jalen Hurts has already authorized multiple statements about his medical issues.
“Hurts has already authorized the issuance of multiple statements that shared with the world various details about his private medical issues”
NFL wants to move on
The nfl and eagles want to move past the controversy without addressing all questions.
“Through it all, the nfl and the eagles simply want to move on”
What happens next
The nfl must recognize that for certain health conditions, an unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant approach is needed.
“Hopefully, this one won’t end until all necessary questions are asked and answered, and until the nfl recognizes that, for certain health conditions, a unc-style approach is needed”
What to remember
NFL chief medical officer Allen Sills says team physicians aren't influenced by coaches or owners, but critics note the Unaffiliated Neurotrauma Consultant program shows bias risks exist.
