Chukarhawk":1ndgous4 said:
Largent80":1ndgous4 said:
Wont happen, cant happen actually, if you look at the rules. they weren't required to report it
They were required to report it. But I agree it WONT happen.
All players who have significant or noteworthy injuries must be listed on the Practice Report, even if the player takes all the reps in practice, and even if the team is certain that he will play in the upcoming game. This is especially true of key players and those players whose injuries have been covered extensively by the media.
Is an MCL injury noteworthy or significant? Yes. It states even if he takes all reps in practice he must be reported. According to the league rules.
(C) suffers a significant or noteworthy injury without missing or failing to finish a game must be included on the Practice Report each day of the following week
A 2nd round pick is extremely obsessive IMO. (Although I wouldn't be disappointed) The reasoning a 2nd is even being discussed if it actually is (and again wont happen) is because this would be a 4th violation the Seahawks would be penalized for since 2012.
If I was non-biased I would say a fine would be fair. Pete knew about the injury, their are MRI's to prove it, he admitted to not disclosing is over a long period of time. The rules stat it had to be listed despite practicing in full or not and he wasn't. A draft pick, especially a 2nd is absurd yes. But again, 4 violations, much like criminal proceedings are eventually going to lead to harsher punishments.
Here is a quote from Pete himself:
"You don't know that he dealt with a significant knee the whole second half of the season and it was stressful for him to try to get out there,"
Pete calls it significant, and that it was the whole half of the season. He also says it was stressful for Sherman to get out there. That seems to fall in line with the rules outlined in the operations report.