The NFL and the Eagles hope to expire the clock as to the Jalen Hurts scenario, within the hopes that the media and followers will flip their consideration to the subsequent story that grabs our collective consideration.
It will not be simple, as a result of the difficulty has gotten the eye of Congress.
Through Tim McManus of ESPN, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) has despatched a letter to Commissioner Roger Goodell s in regards to the method through which the Eagles and the league dealt with Hurts's blood clots:
"1. Does the NFL have a league-wide protocol for the detection, prevention, and remedy of [deep vein thrombosis] and [pulmonary embolism]? Which medical pointers have been consulted in growing this protocol?
"2. What requirements and processes govern a participant's clearance to take part when a clot is suspected or recognized? Does the NFL have a league-wide Return-To-Participation Protocol?
"3. What training is supplied to gamers, athletic trainers, and coaches on easy methods to establish the indicators and signs of DVT and PE?
"4. What particular measures has the League put in place to scale back blood clot threat, together with, however not restricted to, these related to lengthy flights?
"5. Will the League conduct an intensive evaluate of the Eagles' dealing with of this particular scenario, together with who cleared Mr. Hurts to play after staying awake in a single day, and cleared subsequent air journey on a transatlantic flight again to the U.S. from London? In that case, what’s the timeline?"
Somebody additionally ought to ask whether or not the league will implement a protocol for blood clots and different doubtlessly severe well being situations, just like the procedures utilized for diagnosing concussions and clearing gamers to return to play. The league has used an unaffiliated neurotrauma marketing consultant in such conditions for 17 years, with a view to counter the inherent biases of medical doctors employed by the assorted groups.
The NFL Gamers Affiliation has n. Below the Collective Bargaining Settlement, it has the e. Congress, via its oversight powers as to an business that enjoys a federal broadcast antitrust exemption, additionally has the power to research.
Given the league's effort to brush this one underneath the rug and transfer on, anybody with the ability to pressure the NFL to reply for the Hurts scenario completely ought to.