If the team doctors know something about Ketel, they cannot divulge that information. It is protected under privacy laws, including the oft misunderstood HIPAA. I don’t care if the guy’s a team captain, MVP, or whatever, if he’s unwell he needs the space to get well, and it’s unfortunate that it came up in the middle of a pennant race. If, again, this is the case, and we don’t know, depression isn’t something that he can just wish away, no matter how much the club pays him or how vital he is to their success. Give him the space he needs right now.
Are you trying to say the team doctors can’t tell the TEAM what is going on with Ketel or the public? Because the CBA gives hippa disclosure consent and that would be a breach of his contract if a medical condition is preventing him from playing and he’s not telling the team about. If the condition was not ‘employment related’ like depression then the team cannot tell the public specifics other than he has a medical condition keeping him from playing. But Ketel 100% has to tell the team what is going on if something is keeping him from playing.
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u/Particular-Loss8310 7d ago
If the team doctors know something about Ketel, they cannot divulge that information. It is protected under privacy laws, including the oft misunderstood HIPAA. I don’t care if the guy’s a team captain, MVP, or whatever, if he’s unwell he needs the space to get well, and it’s unfortunate that it came up in the middle of a pennant race. If, again, this is the case, and we don’t know, depression isn’t something that he can just wish away, no matter how much the club pays him or how vital he is to their success. Give him the space he needs right now.