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
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Gators' Meyer wins on scoreboard, but fails by playing Tebow
Oct. 11, 2009
By Gregg Doyel
CBSSports.com National Columnist
Tell Gregg your opinion!
Florida 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.
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
Tebow, Meyer on win
Links
Recap: Florida 13, LSU 3
Dodd: Tebow stands out
Barnhart: Gators D shows its muscle
SB Nation: Florida | LSU
Community
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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.
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trnsilver
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It sucks to have Doyel as a Florida GatorSimply 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
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Actually Doyle is right on this oneDoyle'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
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brownje
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I'm going to side with medical school on this oneThis
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
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g8trfan_1
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So everyone is wrong except you?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...
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kwa612
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c'mon doyleyou 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!
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