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Message: [QUOTE="Twolf, post: 3132708, member: 8437"] This is one part of the story I find a bit perplexing. Every D-1 program has a medical staff, and most have a team doctor. These are the people who decide when an athlete is cleared to play. The article insinuates that the coach tried to pressure and influence this decision making process. No coach should ever ask an injured athlete to play, not only from an ethical standpoint, but that coach is exposing themselves, and the school, to a myriad of liability issues. There is a difference between being injured and being hurt. Most basketball players have bumped knees, or have taken a knee to the thigh and are hurt. If the medical staff tells the coach they are hurting, but sound physically it then comes down to a mutual decision between player and coach, but if the player says they are a no go, you don’t try to influence their view. If you recall, KLS was playing hurt on an ankle at the end of the 17-18 season, but rest assured she was cleared to play. Some coaches become frustrated with the medical staff, but they have their professional reputation and liability issues on the line, and will almost always err on the side of caution. In this case there is the player’s version, and the coach’s version, with the correct version, most likely, somewhere in between. JMO [/QUOTE]