Jimmy Cinnabon Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 A jury Wednesday found in favor of a former Penn State athletics team doctor who claimed that he was removed as team physician in retaliation for complaining about head football coach James Franklin interfering with medical treatment and return-to-play decisions. A Dauphin County jury in Harrisburg awarded orthopedic surgeon Dr. Scott Lynch $5.25 million in punitive and compensatory damages. Testimony during the seven-day trial included former Penn State players, doctors, athletic trainers, university system officials and others discussing examples of injuries and medical decisions. Lynch said in a phone call with ESPN that he hopes the verdict will prompt an investigation by the NCAA, which has had a policy guaranteeing independence of sports medicine staff since 2016. "There's not yet been one school punished for violating medical autonomy issues," he said. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40242103/penn-state-scott-lynch-doctor-james-franklin-verdict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truzzcat Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Franklin is a good recruiter and figured head, an absolutely terrible in game coach. I wonder how this affects him moving forward if he's endangering players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Cinnabon Posted May 30 Author Share Posted May 30 1 minute ago, Truzzcat said: Franklin is a good recruiter and figured head, an absolutely terrible in game coach. I wonder how this affects him moving forward if he's endangering players. I doubt it has much effect. Under Franklin Penn State football is stuck in the second tier of the Big 10 and seems like it won't ever move to challenge Ohio State or Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) Coulda sworn we had a Non Wrestling Topics forum Edited May 30 by Wrestleknownothing 1 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinnacle Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 If Franklin isn't fired it's because they don't want to eat his outrageously huge contract. Glad the jury saw this the right way. Team physicians are obviously more capable in determining injuries, but they are also impartial. Coaches are mostly neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3 for LU Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 27 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said: Coulda sworn we had a Non Wrestling Topics forum True... but other than sweetpastrybuns inclusion of "wrestling-related" topic title, the rest: went over his head. D3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NM1965 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 58 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said: I doubt it has much effect. Under Franklin Penn State football is stuck in the second tier of the Big 10 and seems like it won't ever move to challenge Ohio State or Michigan. PSU has always been mid-tier in the B10 in football, and I don't see them rising above that. Pennsylvania may be ripe wrestling ground, but the football up there is pretty "bleh". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elevator Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 hour ago, NM1965 said: PSU has always been mid-tier in the B10 in football, and I don't see them rising above that. Pennsylvania may be ripe wrestling ground, but the football up there is pretty "bleh". hurtful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NM1965 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Just now, Elevator said: hurtful Truth hurts! But at least Pennsylvania produced a some HOF NFL QBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elevator Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Just now, NM1965 said: Truth hurts! But at least Pennsylvania produced a some HOF NFL QBs. now we are talking! Concrete Charlie was aHOF field player both ways! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gromit Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 3 hours ago, Elevator said: now we are talking! Concrete Charlie was aHOF field player both ways! Chuck Bednarik...once close-lined Frank Gifford so hard he landed in 1962/was out of football for over a year. Wasn't he also a big Lehigh wrestling fan as well? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 hour ago, gromit said: Chuck Bednarik...once close-lined Frank Gifford He didn't.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionel Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 3 minutes ago, MPhillips said: He didn't.. What about Kathy Lee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 6 minutes ago, ionel said: What about Kathy Lee? She never close lined anyone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionel Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 3 minutes ago, MPhillips said: She never close lined anyone... idk .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 minute ago, ionel said: .... You don't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionel Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 5 minutes ago, MPhillips said: You don't... ... know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimpeltf Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 12 hours ago, gromit said: Chuck Bednarik...once close-lined Frank Gifford so hard he landed in 1962/was out of football for over a year. Wasn't he also a big Lehigh wrestling fan as well? Lived right off campus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 this forum is not an all things penn state forum. no one cares about psu football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAC Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 23 hours ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said: A jury Wednesday found in favor of a former Penn State athletics team doctor who claimed that he was removed as team physician in retaliation for complaining about head football coach James Franklin interfering with medical treatment and return-to-play decisions. A Dauphin County jury in Harrisburg awarded orthopedic surgeon Dr. Scott Lynch $5.25 million in punitive and compensatory damages. Testimony during the seven-day trial included former Penn State players, doctors, athletic trainers, university system officials and others discussing examples of injuries and medical decisions. Lynch said in a phone call with ESPN that he hopes the verdict will prompt an investigation by the NCAA, which has had a policy guaranteeing independence of sports medicine staff since 2016. "There's not yet been one school punished for violating medical autonomy issues," he said. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40242103/penn-state-scott-lynch-doctor-james-franklin-verdict The fact that Sanderson is so opposite from this is one of the reasons I appreciate and respect him so much. He already lost one top-tier wrestler (Suriano) for holding him back from wrestling, when the wrestler wanted to compete. Then he did it AGAIN with Starocci, leading him to rage quit (before reconsidering). PSU wrestling will always have its detractors, but you're a parent of a top recruit, you're always going to know that in a world (and, apparently, in a university) that too often puts the will to win over the health and well-being of the wrestlers, Sanderson is the dead-eye opposite. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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