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Myles Powell suing Seton Hall

"He appeared in 13 games for Westchester last season, averaging 17.8 points and 3.8 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game while shooting 44 percent from 3-point range."

yet he claims it was a career ending injury?
 
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MDHuskFan said:
Yeah, Seton Hall didnt make him a 6’ shooting guard with average athleticism
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The filing looks like it was written by a little kid. He was a surefire lottery pick before he had a career ending injury, what?!?? Tony Testa isn't even the team physician and he's not an MD.

There's no way WIllard knowingly played him hiding his injury. Powell is a legend at Seton Hall and was as close with Willard as any player coach relationship you'll see. He just took a flamethrower to it all.
 
What I don't get from reading this and other articles out there is whether it was a missed diagnosis or whether Seton Hall knew about the tear and had him play anyway. To me that would determine if it was malpractice on the physician's part or if the coach et al are responsible. I'm also not sure how he proves that his career would have taken a different track if he hadn't played on it.
I would also think the fact he has played in the league the insurance policy (if ever taken out) is negated.
Will be interesting to see more facts come out, but definately not what Seton Hall wants to be in the news for.
 
Kathy said:
What I don't get from reading this and other articles out there is whether it was a missed diagnosis or whether Seton Hall knew about the tear and had him play anyway. To me that would determine if it was malpractice on the physician's part or if the coach et al are responsible. I'm also not sure how he proves that his career would have taken a different track if he hadn't played on it.
I would also think the fact he has played in the league the insurance policy (if ever taken out) is negated.
Will be interesting to see more facts come out, but definately not what Seton Hall wants to be in the news for.
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Powell's Complaint

See the link above if you are curious Kathy. Basically they are alleging both that "Dr. Testa" missed the correct diagnosis and that he knew and both he and Willard willfully withheld the information. FWIW, Tony Testa is Seton's Director of Sports Medicine, he is not a doctor. Tony Festa is one of the team physicians. He is an orthopedic surgeon. He seems well respected but given that he did his undergrad at Boston College, he is immediately suspect.
 
Powell's argument is flawed. He's arguing that the torn meniscus should have ended his senior season. However, he's also arguing that since he played so well his senior season, he was going to get drafted. Without his stellar senior season, Powell likely wouldn't have been drafted anyway. You could argue that playing hurt gave him his best chance at being drafted. Maybe SHU will settle to make it go away, but this is a losing argument by Powell.
 
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Powell can't accept that he wasn't good enough for the NBA or that there's incredible opportunities to play internationally. He needs to talk to some guys who played overseas- if you can get with a legit club, you make a killing and see the world.
 
UCbcm said:
Powell's argument is flawed. He's arguing that the torn meniscus should have ended his senior season. However, he's also arguing that since he played so well his senior season, he was going to get drafted. Without his stellar senior season, Powell likely wouldn't have been drafted anyway. You could argue that playing hurt gave him his best chance at being drafted. Maybe SHU will settle to make it go away, but this is a losing argument by Powell.
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Personally, I find the argument that NBA scouts and management somehow 'secretly' found out 1) that he was injured, 2) the nature and extent of that undiagnosed injury and 3) that but for this supposed knowledge he would have been a lottery pick as the most tortured part of the complaint. That's a whole lot of stuff to prove.
 
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MDHuskFan said:
Yeah, Seton Hall didnt make him a 6’ shooting guard with average athleticism
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With many above average performances
You could tell there were times when he looked to be in pain and really not 100% his last year at the Hall
If people were hiding things I hope he makes a killing but it is his body and you would think he would have had some inkling that something wasn't right and if he wanted he could have sought outside evaluation/opinion.
Hard to say at this point and I am in agreement with Quincy McKnight
 
I don't think it is a good case, but I am surprised there are not more of these lawsuits. There are thousands of student athletes playing sports and some of them have to be getting sketchy medical advice.
 
gtcam said:
With many above average performances
You could tell there were times when he looked to be in pain and really not 100% his last year at the Hall
If people were hiding things I hope he makes a killing but it is his body and you would think he would have had some inkling that something wasn't right and if he wanted he could have sought outside evaluation/opinion.
Hard to say at this point and I am in agreement with Quincy McKnight
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FIFY, if you are really in agreement with Quincy McKnight :)
 
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gtcam said:
With many above average performances
You could tell there were times when he looked to be in pain and really not 100% his last year at the Hall
If people were hiding things I hope he makes a killing but it is his body and you would think he would have had some inkling that something wasn't right and if he wanted he could have sought outside evaluation/opinion.
Hard to say at this point and I am in agreement with Quincy McKnight
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All I’m saying is he didn’t have a draftable physical profile. There are tons of prolific scorers who are undersized for the NBA.
 
It’s interesting how this came About after a season in the G league didn’t get him a league contract.....
 
I think a lot of people are missing the point that he is claiming they were negligent with his injuries, which is very messed up if true.

I agree what people are saying about his NBA career, but I just wouldn’t be so quick to say Myles Powell is in the wrong here when none of us know what actually happened inside of the program.

Edit: I’m not saying I think Seton Hall/Willard and co are in the wrong here either. I’m just saying we really don’t know what actually happened. HOWEVER, it is horrible PR for them.
 
krinklecut said:
This thread with everyone piling on Powell and saying he's just pissed because he wasn't good enough for the NBA is exactly what's wrong with college basketball and football fandom.
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There have been 3 Seniors taken in the lottery since 2015 Kaminsky, Cam Johnson & Tauren Prince.
Miles is an undersized 2 Guard who anyone here would have taken in a heartbeat. It’s not bashing the guy though to say his NBA draft Lotto dreams are far fetched.

The fact that people interpret people saying someone’s one of the greatest college players in their schools history, just maybe not an NBA fit & automatically assume that to be a diss is also what’s wrong with athletics today. Miles as received tons of roses, just maybe not the ones he wanted.
 
Reminds me of when this high school quaterback in Texas was made to play through injuries all the time and got shot up with pain killers before games. Had a scholarship to play at FSU but blew out his knee after his hungover lineman missed a block. Coach tried to make him play through it, but luckily his teammates stepped in to stop it. Ended up being a big thing and the players ran the coach out of town. Star QB lost his scholarship because of the injury, but ended up coaching.
 
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rollskies said:
I think a lot of people are missing the point that he is claiming they were negligent with his injuries, which is very messed up if true.

I agree what people are saying about his NBA career, but I just wouldn’t be so quick to say Myles Powell is in the wrong here when none of us know what actually happened inside of the program.
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Nah, that’s definitely messed up. I just look at is as duties owed, duties breached, resulting damages.
If 1 & 2 are true, it’s EXTREMELY unfortunate. But he’s drastically over exaggerating what it cost him IMO.
 
MDHuskFan said:
Nah, that’s definitely messed up. I just look at is as duties owed, duties breached, resulting damages.
If 1 & 2 are true, it’s EXTREMELY unfortunate. But he’s drastically over exaggerating what it cost him IMO.
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100% agree
 
You have to wonder if him pursuing this lawsuit will damage his career. Honestly, I don't really doubt that he was injured and told to just play through it, or misled. That's an aspect of high level sports that is all too common. It's not right, and if it did happen he deserves compensation for it happening. That doesn't mean that pursuing compensation won't damage his career prospects. Will NBA teams, or teams in Europe look at this and say, "nope don't want that guy." Who knows?

When I was in high school I had tendinitis in my knee. It hurt like heck and my club coach just kept telling me the only solution was to just play through it and it would eventually go away. Eventually it just hurt too much to play and I went to a doctor and got physical therapy. I was out for a couple of months, but afterwards I was back to new again. Coaches just want their players out there playing, they don't always think about what is best for the athlete in these circumstances.
 
Sounds like KO was advising Powell on how to torch a relationship.
 
Greedo said:
You have to wonder if him pursuing this lawsuit will damage his career. Honestly, I don't really doubt that he was injured and told to just play through it, or misled. That's an aspect of high level sports that is all too common. It's not right, and if it did happen he deserves compensation for it happening. That doesn't mean that pursuing compensation won't damage his career prospects. Will NBA teams, or teams in Europe look at this and say, "nope don't want that guy." Who knows?

When I was in high school I had tendinitis in my knee. It hurt like heck and my club coach just kept telling me the only solution was to just play through it and it would eventually go away. Eventually it just hurt too much to play and I went to a doctor and got physical therapy. I was out for a couple of months, but afterwards I was back to new again. Coaches just want their players out there playing, they don't always think about what is best for the athlete in these circumstances.
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I don't think that's how it is with most high level sports at all, coaches want their players healthy limiting risk of future injury and at the college basketball level there's often a really close relationship between coach and player, sometimes a father son type relationship which Powell always said he had with Willard...

The allegations in the filing document just don't line up and don't jive with the things Powell said to the press and on his own twitter during the season. Willard is known for being cautious playing his players, Powell convinced Willard he was ready to go for the Michigan State game...

Powell was great after the injury and was first team all-American and Big East POY. He signed 10 day NBA contracts the season after Seton Hall and played great in the G League (no failed physicals or surgeries to my knowledge.) He just isn't the surefire NBA talent he thought he was.
 
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