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2018 Draft Thread v.2 - DONE AND IN THE BOOKS


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The name that has been mentioned was Hank Gathers who had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. If this is the case doctors will recommend that he not compete in high intensity sports.  This is based off of Hank Gathers being mentioned.  Could be something different though.  No matter what it is there are treatments but they are never 100%.  

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Just now, NightTrainLane said:

Yup and these were the same results he got when he got to college as a freshman. He played 4 years. Star's condition was found to an infection that cleared up and he is fine.

But Hurst's condition is not from an infection.  This puts him at a much higher risk of heart related issues including sudden cardiac death.  Couple years ago a basketball player discovered a heart condition and was forced to retire.  Basketball is a little more sensitive because of gathers but these types of situations the league might want to step in depending on the diagnosis and how severe it is.  Funny Ravens are allowed to void a contract based upon an old ankle injury but the league does nothing about a potentially deadly condition.

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8 minutes ago, drfrey13 said:

But Hurst's condition is not from an infection.  This puts him at a much higher risk of heart related issues including sudden cardiac death.  Couple years ago a basketball player discovered a heart condition and was forced to retire.  Basketball is a little more sensitive because of gathers but these types of situations the league might want to step in depending on the diagnosis and how severe it is.  Funny Ravens are allowed to void a contract based upon an old ankle injury but the league does nothing about a potentially deadly condition.

Your making assumptions though because we don't know the diagnoses. The fact that it's the same thing that he had as a freshman and played all four years with no issues should be a marker. It's something for the team to research but they aren't gonna put him out there with a high risk condition.

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3 minutes ago, Humble_Beast said:

Who’s the second best punter lol

We also looked at JK Scott. I wanted Dickson, but a guy like Hurst has a chance to have a far more immense impact so I can't complain one shred. We'll get by on a punter grabbed from somewhere.

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