[CompSci87]

Wait, but Garvin has already determined using his superior mind-reading skills that Toni actually would be fine with us knowing -- it's only the suddenly Machivellian Tara (who used to tell us everything, even about stepping on pumpkins) obstructing the public's right to know.  ::)

[CompSci87]

Wait, but Garvin has already determined using his superior mind-reading skills that Toni actually would be fine with us knowing -- it's only the suddenly Machivellian Tara (who used to tell us everything, even about stepping on pumpkins) obstructing the public's right to know.  ::)

[M T]

With the focus on Toni's illness, questions that are relevant to the team's performance have not been answered (and, perhaps, not asked).  I hope that Tara isn't actively keeping the focus on the illness rather than the effect on the team.

The questions I'd like to find out the answers, that I believe are not prohibited by HIPPA or any privacy concerns:
  What is your(Tara's) current estimate of the likelihood that Toni will play at all during the rest of this season?
  If she may play this year, what is your estimate as to when she may be ready to play?
  If she plays, will she be able to play at full strength?
  If she plays, will she be game-ready?  Is she currently practicing or working on her playing skills?
  Including any issues of physical ability as well as academic eligibility, do you expect Toni to play next year?  Full time or part time?
  If she isn't expected to play next year, will she still be offered her scholarship?  If so, is there some other role she is expected to contribute to the team?
  If she isn't expected to play next year, will she be offered a chance to redshirt and play the year after that?

[M T]

With the focus on Toni's illness, questions that are relevant to the team's performance have not been answered (and, perhaps, not asked).  I hope that Tara isn't actively keeping the focus on the illness rather than the effect on the team.

The questions I'd like to find out the answers, that I believe are not prohibited by HIPPA or any privacy concerns:
  What is your(Tara's) current estimate of the likelihood that Toni will play at all during the rest of this season?
  If she may play this year, what is your estimate as to when she may be ready to play?
  If she plays, will she be able to play at full strength?
  If she plays, will she be game-ready?  Is she currently practicing or working on her playing skills?
  Including any issues of physical ability as well as academic eligibility, do you expect Toni to play next year?  Full time or part time?
  If she isn't expected to play next year, will she still be offered her scholarship?  If so, is there some other role she is expected to contribute to the team?
  If she isn't expected to play next year, will she be offered a chance to redshirt and play the year after that?

[WAcard]

The answer could be even more simple that she doesn't have any answers!

[WAcard]

The answer could be even more simple that she doesn't have any answers!

[needle]

Honestly, I grow tired of people who treat the law as absolute and clear, when time and time again we see how it is not.

HIPAA was not written with the special case of high-profile student athletes in mind, so to make blanket statements about its applicability without any sort of rigorous legal review is almost as speculative as us wondering about Toni's ailment.

Far more interesting to me is the form linked by 76lsjumb, a Stanford-specific policy (that may well be in place at other schools) in which student athletes allow or don't allow coaches access to health info. Can you imagine a student-athlete refusing to let a coach have access to trainer's records? At face value, they would seem to have that right; I wonder if, in practice, such a right truly exists (by which I mean without negative consequences on a player's participation in athletics). Frankly, if I was a player I'd want to disclose on an incident-by-incident basis: coach can know how bad I sprained my ankle, while my bloodwork is my business.

[needle]

Honestly, I grow tired of people who treat the law as absolute and clear, when time and time again we see how it is not.

HIPAA was not written with the special case of high-profile student athletes in mind, so to make blanket statements about its applicability without any sort of rigorous legal review is almost as speculative as us wondering about Toni's ailment.

Far more interesting to me is the form linked by 76lsjumb, a Stanford-specific policy (that may well be in place at other schools) in which student athletes allow or don't allow coaches access to health info. Can you imagine a student-athlete refusing to let a coach have access to trainer's records? At face value, they would seem to have that right; I wonder if, in practice, such a right truly exists (by which I mean without negative consequences on a player's participation in athletics). Frankly, if I was a player I'd want to disclose on an incident-by-incident basis: coach can know how bad I sprained my ankle, while my bloodwork is my business.