[lex24]

Their intention probably was to indicate the player won't by out of action for all that long because it is not a major injury.  They could have worded it leaving out the word Covid.  However I do hear and read all the time about players in all sports being out due to Covid.  So you probably will have to declare the entire sports media, both college and pro, awful.

But I think usually the player consents to release. I fail to see why it’s not a HIPPA violation to release the info without the players permission.  I remember when Alex Dickerson had the false positive.  Neither the Giants nor the league released his name.  But Bob Knightingale reported not only that it was Dickerson, but that he’d been with friends.  His wife was about to deliver a child.  Dickerson had not been with friends.  When it came out he was negative, he spoke about how that false report had greatly upset him and his wife.  

We do not have a “right” to know.  And players, to my knowledge, do not waive their HIPPA rights.

[lex24]

Their intention probably was to indicate the player won't by out of action for all that long because it is not a major injury.  They could have worded it leaving out the word Covid.  However I do hear and read all the time about players in all sports being out due to Covid.  So you probably will have to declare the entire sports media, both college and pro, awful.

But I think usually the player consents to release. I fail to see why it’s not a HIPPA violation to release the info without the players permission.  I remember when Alex Dickerson had the false positive.  Neither the Giants nor the league released his name.  But Bob Knightingale reported not only that it was Dickerson, but that he’d been with friends.  His wife was about to deliver a child.  Dickerson had not been with friends.  When it came out he was negative, he spoke about how that false report had greatly upset him and his wife.  

We do not have a “right” to know.  And players, to my knowledge, do not waive their HIPPA rights.