Zach BacharContributor ISeptember 13, 2024
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Kansas City Chiefs vice president for sports medication and efficiency Rick Burkholder reacted to criticism from Baltimore Ravens linebacker Kyle Van Noy relating to the treatment for his fractured orbital bone in Week 1.
Burkholder detailed his experience conference with Ravens medical workers after Van Noy decreased.
“I asked their doctor whether they required an eye doctor,” he stated, per ESPN’s Adam Teicher. “They didn’t at the time, they assessed him and after that when they desired an eye doctor, we made the call up into the stands and got the eye doctor out of the locker space in 12 minutes. There was a 12-minute time frame when we were signaled to him.”
Van Noy informed press reporters that he was “dissatisfied in the method the training personnel of the Chiefs dealt with the circumstance.”
The 33-year-old likewise stated that it took a whole quarter for an eye doctor to fulfill him in the locker space.
NFL Players Association executive director Lloyd Howell disagreed with the manner in which Van Noy’s injury was managed, calling it an “regrettable scenario” (through ESPN’s Jamison Hensley).
“Thank God for Kyle’s scenario [that] it wasn’t even worse,” Howell stated. “But here we are with the very first video game of the season, we got a lot more video games to play. We simply can’t have that.”
The NFL later on slammed the NFLPA for the claim.
“We have actually evaluated the case with the Chiefs’ and Ravens’ medical personnels and are comfy he got suitable care,” NFL representative Brian McCarthy stated in a ready declaration, per Hensley.
On Friday, Burkholder discussed that the league does not mandate groups to have an eye doctor or a dental professional in the stands and Kansas City does it as a “courtesy to both groups” (through Teicher). He exposed that he at first went onto the field since he believed that Van Noy may have experienced a head or neck injury.
The Chiefs got a grade of “F” for their training personnel in the NFLPA’s group progress report that were launched prior to the 2024 season. Van Noy referenced Kansas City’s low grade when discussing his treatment.
“I comprehend how Kansas City, the gamers have actually considered that training space an F,” he stated, according to SB Nation’s Kyle Phoenix. “Because with my experience, I would have most likely provided an F, too.”
Van Noy did not take part in Baltimore’s practice on Wednesday or Thurdsay, although he was a restricted individual on Friday. He’s presently noted as doubtful for the Ravens’ Week 2 match with the Las Vegas Raiders.