Reynolds - Brown Sidelined for the rest of the season

[Big Mike]

That isn't quite the way I remember this. From what I recall and have read here, Northwestern and the Big Ten did not allow Knapp to play for their basketball team, but honored his scholarship with tutoring privileges etc. Personally, I never understood the priorities of his family.
http://classweb.gmu.edu/jkozlows/knapp.htm

Your correct Benn...NW did honor his scholie.....but he could not play ball so Nick and family went another route!

 

[Buesch N Chips]

Les has always been a class act and an outstanding representative of all things BU. We couldn't ask for a better coach in that regard.

I just hope that when the eventual coaching change is made, we don't look back and long for these characteristics....

 

[DUBrave5]

I know this response is going to get the response of that is Hollywood, but on a tv show I used to watch, a kid had HCM and he was given medication that slowed down his heart so it couldn't beat too fast and he was only allowed to play a short amount of time each game. Does something like this actually exist?

 

[Da Coach]

There are different degrees of the condition, and different doctors might allow a kid to play sports and take beta blockers, a drug that relaxes and slows the heart. Hank Gathers tried doing that, but the effects of the drug impaired him too much, so he stopped taking them. That's the problem, on the beta blockers, the heart cannot speed up which is necessary for athletic exertion.

 

[tornado]

In regards to the Nick Knapp case....two comments...and based on observation and what I have heard and read...

--first, the issue hinged on the one statement that Nick's "risks were acceptable" per his team of cardiologists. (this is stated clearly in his lawsuit which can be found online)
BUT -- that's the gray area....acceptable to one person may not be acceptable to another -- so Northwestern deemed the risks not acceptable.
The Reggie Lewis case (the Boston Celtics' guard) is a perfect example...
Lewis found a team of well-known cardiologists who said that Lewis could play and was medically cleared because although there were risks, that the risks were acceptable...
The Celtics felt pressured, backed down and let Lewis play, just as Knapp & his family was suing and pressuring Northwestern to let him play.
Reggie Lewis died suddenly during a practice game...and then even worse...the Lewis family turned on the Celtics and sued them for doing the very thing that Reggie wanted the Celtics do -- to clear him to play!

So I think the courts would be wrong to force a school, such as Northwestern to accept the risks based on someone else's view of what's "acceptable".

 

[BradleyBrave]

In regards to the Nick Knapp case....two comments...and based on observation and what I have heard and read...

--first, the issue hinged on the one statement that Nick's "risks were acceptable" per his team of cardiologists. (this is stated clearly in his lawsuit which can be found online)
BUT -- that's the gray area....acceptable to one person may not be acceptable to another -- so Northwestern deemed the risks not acceptable.
The Reggie Lewis case (the Boston Celtics' guard) is a perfect example...
Lewis found a team of well-known cardiologists who said that Lewis could play and was medically cleared because although there were risks, that the risks were acceptable...
The Celtics felt pressured, backed down and let Lewis play, just as Knapp & his family was suing and pressuring Northwestern to let him play.
Reggie Lewis died suddenly during a practice game...and then even worse...the Lewis family turned on the Celtics and sued them for doing the very thing that Reggie wanted the Celtics do -- to clear him to play!

So I think the courts would be wrong to force a school, such as Northwestern to accept the risks based on someone else's view of what's "acceptable".

Very unfortunate situation. Nick was a great player.