Dork-yle! On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Gatornet Admin <[email protected]>wrote:
> It amazes me how writers are suddenly qualified to offer second opinions > to some of the best that Shands has to offer. He was cleared 100% by a TEAM > OF DOCTORS! Not one, not two, but a TEAM! What a dork! > > Randy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Badrish Davanagere <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, October 11, 2009 9:20 PM > *Subject:* [gatornews] [CBSSports-GregDoyel] Gators' Meyer wins on > scoreboard, but fails by playing Tebow > > > ------------------------------ > Gators' Meyer wins on scoreboard, but fails by playing Tebow Oct. 11, > 2009 > By Gregg Doyel <http://www.cbssports.com/columns/writers/doyel> > CBSSports.com National Columnist > Tell Gregg your opinion! <http://www.cbssports.com/columns/writers/doyel> > > Florida <http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/teams/page/FL>quarterback > Tim Tebow avoided reinjuring his concussed brain Saturday night > against No. 4 LSU, and if your vision extends only to the end of your nose, > you probably think UF coach Urban Meyer gambled and won. > > Borrow somebody's binoculars and look again, because you're wrong. > > [image: Did Urban Meyer do the wrong thing by playing Tim Tebow? (US > Presswire)] *Did Urban Meyer do the wrong thing by playing Tim Tebow?* (US > Presswire) Florida won 13-3, but Meyer lost. Why? Because he gambled at > all. > > Meyer gambled Tebow's long-term quality of life, tossing Tebow's recently > rattled brain onto the table like a 25-cent ante. At stake Saturday night > was much more than a single win at Death Valley. Also on the line were SEC > and national championships, an undefeated season, Meyer's own immortality. > Meyer went all in by letting Tebow play two weeks after suffering a horrific > concussion, gambling something that wasn't his to wager -- the health of his > quarterback. Studies show that a second concussion for an athlete, so soon > after the first, can lead to a lifetime of depression and even dementia. The > odds of that second concussion coming Saturday night weren't great, no. But > the odds were there. > > So don't tell me Meyer won his gamble. I'm telling you, he lost his way. > > This wasn't about *football.* This was about right and wrong, and playing > Tebow was wrong. Only in the most limited viewpoint imaginable did Meyer win > the battle Saturday night. Tebow didn't get hurt, Florida didn't get beat, > so it's great, to be, a Florida Gator ... > > No -- it's not. It's embarrassing to be a Florida Gator. It'll take a while > for the sting of Meyer's stupid gamble to fade. He's the guy who hid behind > team doctors after they made a guess -- an informed guess, an educated > guess, but a guess nonetheless -- and cleared Tebow to play roughly eight > hours before kickoff. > > Think about the math of that. Two weeks had passed from the time Tebow was > knocked senseless by Kentucky until he was cleared to play against LSU. Two > weeks is 14 days, which is 336 hours. And Florida physicians needed 328 of > those hours -- 97.6 percent of the time available -- to make their best > guess that Tebow would be safe to play. Doctors didn't go down to the wire > to decide on a tender ankle or a knee. This was a rattled *brain.* Not to > get all Confucius on you, but when a question about brain safety lasts two > weeks, there's your answer. > Videos > > Lundquist, > Danielson<http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/play/videos/q33lvBKXFsnv6ogUbtZo9PJazJjbvck7> > > Tebow, Meyer on > win<http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/play/collegefootball_sec_live/NDgEBFJRaURboJBtN2MsKPtmWlrPH_4H> > Links > > *Recap:* Florida 13, LSU > 3<http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/gamecenter/recap/ncaaf_20091010...@lsu> > > *Dodd:* Tebow stands > out<http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/12343385> > > *Barnhart:* Gators D shows its > muscle<http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/12343267> > > *SB Nation:* Florida | > <http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/Florida>LSU<http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/LSU> > Community > > *Thread:* Florida-LSU game > thread<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/chrono/17620040/0/L> > > *Thread:* Eat crow, Tiger > fans!<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/chrono/17627263> > > *Thread:* Should USC be above > LSU?<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/chrono/17630441> > > *Thread:* NCG: SEC champ vs. > V-Tech<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/chrono/17630578> > > *Message Boards:* College > football<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/board/6>| > Florida <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/board/196> | > LSU<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/board/216> > > Concussion research is ongoing, and the acknowledged recovery time gets > longer and longer, but as of today the minimum time for a player to return > to action after suffering a concussion like Tebow suffered is thought to be > two weeks. That's the minimum. Playing Tebow after the minimum recovery > period was a meathead move, the modern-day equivalent of rubbing dirt on a > bruise or withholding water at practice because dehydration would toughen a > player up. > > It's stupid and dangerous, is my point. In the future, when more and better > concussion research is conducted and the minimum recovery time for such a > brutal football knockout is extended to three weeks or even a month -- and > that day is coming, I promise you -- people will look back on Meyer's > decision to play Tebow against LSU on Oct. 10, 2009, as a dodged bullet. > Meyer will say he didn't know. He had no idea. Two weeks wasn't enough > recovery time for Tebow to play against LSU back in October 2009? Really? > Meyer didn't know. That'll be his story. > > But he did know. That'll be the truth. > > After two weeks of rest, starting with a humble regimen of no television, > Tebow wasn't cleared until hours before kickoff. And then he wasn't allowed > to play like he normally would. The Gators usually have Tebow run the spread > option, letting him decide whether to hand the ball off or pull it from the > back's belly and run it himself. Tebow wasn't allowed to do that Saturday > night, not until late in the game when the Gators really needed some short > yardage. > > Why wasn't Tim Tebow allowed to play like Tim Tebow for 3½ quarters? > Because Meyer *knew.* He knew Tebow's brain wasn't ready to be hit. Not > all the way. Meyer protected Tebow from contact as much as he could, which > means he knew the risk was there -- which means Tebow shouldn't have been on > the field in the first place. You saw the game. You know I'm right. > > Good news: Tebow's brain survived. > > Bad news: Meyer's integrity did not. > > Talk Back trnsilver<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/authors/author/196893> > Reputation:49 > Level:Rookie > Since:Feb 16, 2008 > > October 11, 2009 8:06 pm > Score: 192 <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/reviews/by-content/17641176> > Log-in to > rate:<http://www.cbssports.com/login?master_product=2580&xurl=%2Fmcc%2Fauthors%2Fnew-author%3Fxurl%3D%2Fcolumns%2Fstory%2F12347788> > > - Log-in to rate: <http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12347788#> > > > - Log-in to > rate:<http://www.cbssports.com/login?master_product=2580&xurl=%2Fmcc%2Fauthors%2Fnew-author%3Fxurl%3D%2Fcolumns%2Fstory%2F12347788> > > It sucks to have Doyel as a Florida > Gator<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/chrono/17641176> > Simply put, Doyell is an absolute idiot. The chances and effects of a > second concussion would have been the same if they happened Saturday night, > in two months, in six months or in a year. Once a person recovers from a > concussion, there is no difference whatsoever in regard to if/when they get > their next one. > > Get a docterate in medicine before you spout off this abso > ...(more)<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/thread/17641176> > Reply to this thread > <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/post-message/17641176/17641176> > ChopShop <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/authors/author/120664> > Reputation:97 > Level:Superstar > Since:May 16, 2007 > > October 11, 2009 8:38 pm > Score: 173 <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/reviews/by-content/17642002> > Log-in to > rate:<http://www.cbssports.com/login?master_product=2580&xurl=%2Fmcc%2Fauthors%2Fnew-author%3Fxurl%3D%2Fcolumns%2Fstory%2F12347788> > > - Log-in to rate: <http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12347788#> > > > - Log-in to > rate:<http://www.cbssports.com/login?master_product=2580&xurl=%2Fmcc%2Fauthors%2Fnew-author%3Fxurl%3D%2Fcolumns%2Fstory%2F12347788> > > Actually Doyle is right on this > one<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/chrono/17642002> > Doyle's point is correct. If Tebow was ready to play last night he should > have been pronounced ready to play Friday, maybe Thursday. A game time > decision on a concussion? Goodness. Unless the decision had already been > made the Florida waited until game time for the hype and Big Mo. Really do > not believe Florida needed Tebow to eke out a win at LSU. LSU is a good > football team, but their offense is > ...(more)<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/thread/17642002> > Reply to this thread > <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/post-message/17642002/17642002> > brownje <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/authors/author/385176> > Reputation:85 > Level:All-Star > Since:Dec 17, 2008 > > October 11, 2009 7:39 pm > Score: 138 <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/reviews/by-content/17640380> > Log-in to > rate:<http://www.cbssports.com/login?master_product=2580&xurl=%2Fmcc%2Fauthors%2Fnew-author%3Fxurl%3D%2Fcolumns%2Fstory%2F12347788> > > - Log-in to rate: <http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12347788#> > > > - Log-in to > rate:<http://www.cbssports.com/login?master_product=2580&xurl=%2Fmcc%2Fauthors%2Fnew-author%3Fxurl%3D%2Fcolumns%2Fstory%2F12347788> > > I'm going to side with medical school on this > one<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/chrono/17640380> > This is ridiculous. Why should Urban think he's smarter than doctors? > If a Dr. says he can play, and he does, where's the argument? > Every concussion is different, so a hard and fast rule does not apply. He > was under the constant scrutiny of many doctors, experts in this area, and > Urban got as much information as he could. And in the end, sided with the > experts instead o > ...(more)<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/thread/17640380> > Reply to this thread (1 > reply)<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/post-message/17640380/17640380> > g8trfan_1 <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/authors/author/81806> > Reputation:96 > Level:Superstar > Since:Jan 8, 2007 > > October 11, 2009 7:36 pm > Score: 112 <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/reviews/by-content/17640303> > Log-in to > rate:<http://www.cbssports.com/login?master_product=2580&xurl=%2Fmcc%2Fauthors%2Fnew-author%3Fxurl%3D%2Fcolumns%2Fstory%2F12347788> > > - Log-in to rate: <http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12347788#> > > > - Log-in to > rate:<http://www.cbssports.com/login?master_product=2580&xurl=%2Fmcc%2Fauthors%2Fnew-author%3Fxurl%3D%2Fcolumns%2Fstory%2F12347788> > > So everyone is wrong except > you?<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/chrono/17640303> > The doctors cleared Tebow to play. Tebow wanted to play. Tebows parents > wanted him to play. Yet you alone are the person who knows more about Tebows > health than any of them? > > Care to share the inside information you had on this that one of us were > privy to? Because I know you wouldn't be on here spouting off an inane > opinion as fact with no supporting evidence. I'll wait... > Reply to this thread (2 > replies)<http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/post-message/17640303/17640303> > kwa612 <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/authors/author/96109> > Reputation:93 > Level:All-Star > Since:Feb 11, 2007 > > October 11, 2009 8:06 pm > Score: 65 <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/reviews/by-content/17641170> > Log-in to > rate:<http://www.cbssports.com/login?master_product=2580&xurl=%2Fmcc%2Fauthors%2Fnew-author%3Fxurl%3D%2Fcolumns%2Fstory%2F12347788> > > - Log-in to rate: <http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12347788#> > > > - Log-in to > rate:<http://www.cbssports.com/login?master_product=2580&xurl=%2Fmcc%2Fauthors%2Fnew-author%3Fxurl%3D%2Fcolumns%2Fstory%2F12347788> > > c'mon doyle <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/chrono/17641170> > you could live your whole life and not even get 10% of the care and expert > attention that this man got. if the best medical minds gave the all clear > why shouldn't he play? > > i guess if tebow was killed on the way to the stadium in an accident that > would have been myers fault for allowing him to travel with the team. > > get real! > Reply to this thread > <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/post-message/17641170/17641170> > View All Threads <http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/board/17639853> > ------------------------------ > CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. 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