NHL's 24-team Return to Play proposal
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Frycer14 said:
Not saying that these might not have been factors, but last year his infant daughter had to be hospitalized with a respiratory illness. That was the central reason he gave for opting out.
Frank E said:
Yeah, he's also asked for a trade out of Vancouver a number of times.
herman said:
But now I'm just going to guess that any player not playing has caught Covid...
Peter D.
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herman said:
Is he really wrong though? The other leagues have been more forthcoming with disclosure.
I?ve said it myself, and thus agree with him completely ? there should be absolutely no stigma for testing positive. The only reason you would want it unknown is if you did something stupid, selfish and negligent like Djokovic did.
The first thing asked on Monday to Matthews will be about whether in fact the report was true.
herman
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Medical privacy in this matter is what the players wanted as part of this Return to Play process. I agree a covid diagnosis shouldn?t be a matter of stigma, but that?s not the issue with Simmons. He is very clearly using their situation for his own gain in drama clicks?granted that is his job at Postmedia?and chafing that his industry is not backing his ethically sketchy play.
L K
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Peter D. said:
Stigma, no. A right to privacy about medical health however is something that seems unnecessary to debate. Being a professional athlete shouldn't obligate your health information be disclosed. The plan doesn't block public health from knowing this information to do contract tracing, simply to limit the spread of this information about who is testing positive in general. If the player wants to disclose it they are free to do so.
Kin
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I think the only reasons other leagues have been more forthcoming with this information is because it's affecting their travel plans as they move people around. The NHL hasn't started sending people to their bubble yet so they don't have to answer things like "Why wasn't so and so on the plane?"
herman
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Multiple Canadiens are reported to have tested positive. Quebec has been struggling to contain the viral spread relative to the rest of Canada.
https://twitter.com/emilymkaplan/status/1282454171346755585
This message inspires so much confidence and exudes leadership wow
https://twitter.com/emilymkaplan/status/1282454171346755585
This message inspires so much confidence and exudes leadership wow
Kin
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It's really embarrassing that there's basically no members of the current generation of NHL media who's really going after the league for this. The cap and, I hate to say it, the analytics have people so focused on details that it doesn't feel like anyone is actually left to talk about big picture stuff. For Cox to be the only real media voice willing to take a crack at the league is pretty sad.