Comments on: Fight looming between Dolphins, Artis Hicks

By: drtroyz

drtroyz — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:15:12 +0000

Wow that is weak…I would represent Hicks on this one! First it would have to be an MRI or CT scan to visualize a disc injury. Through in the fact that around 75% of ASYMPTOMATIC adults have 2 or more disc herniations and disc herniations will heal on there own – as long as you don’t go the Peyton Manning (surgery) route most people recover from a disc just fine (if the even know that they have a herniation).

By: steelwheeler

steelwheeler — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:16:41 +0000

An Xray doesn’t show a herniated disc, only an MRI would show that.

By: tfaulk

tfaulk — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:01:35 +0000

This story needs much better reporting before it can support any sort of claim.

By the sound of the second to last paragraph, the Dolphins thought he was just suffering a stinger, could be put on the minor IR, and return to play… THEN Hicks told them: no, I have herniated vertebrae that could kill me, you need to pay me for the whole year and I won’t be playing for you.

Which sounds exactly like not disclosing a pre-existing condition.

But the beginning of the story seems polluted with unrelated and biased info (the source says that Hicks didn’t forget having an X-Ray? Okay, so what?) as to have no idea what’s actually factual or relevant.

By: miamatt

miamatt — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:22:12 +0000

Perhaps, but then again Hicks wouldn’t be the first or firtst thousandth player to have hidden an injury in order to keep playing and getting paid. Let’s see how this plays out before we assume Miami is being shady. Whoever leaked this information is obviously in Hicks camp, and they may be hoping the Dolphins settle rather than deal with the bad publicity that comes even if they are in the right.

By: theguywhotoldtimtebowtoshutthefup

theguywhotoldtimtebowtoshutthefup — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:21:47 +0000

You don’t know the NFL very well if you think this is the first team to ever do this to a player.