12-06-2019, 03:46 PM
(12-06-2019, 12:39 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: It's not fraud what AJ's doing. It's gray area. I'm sure he has some soreness and swelling. I'm sure a lot of guys play injured all the time. But, on a team with no wins, why push it?
And the Bengals seem ok with him not playing. Look how they called Cordy Glenn out?
Have you ever sprained an ankle? It can take several months for all of the pain to go away. AJ had surgery.
You stated in your hypothetical situation that he admitted to teams that he could have played, but chose not to. While it's a legal grey area in the NFL, such an act would be on the same moral level as Workers Comp fraud. You're being paid to do a job, you're physically able to perform it, but you're not.
Glenn was cleared by an independent NFL appointed specialist. That puts the Bengals in the clear on any dispute over whether he can play or not. Green is one of the faces of the franchise and there's no independent medical opinion on his injury. That makes calling him our very dicey.
I've had a grade 3 sprain and was told by the doctor that I would have been better off breaking it. I was fine in a month, but I followed my doctor's and my physical therapist's directions to a t. Now, everyone heals differently. However, if I hypothetically wanted to milk that injury, I could have not iced it like I was supposed to, and not taken my anti inflammatories like I was supposed to and the swelling would have been a lot worse.
