Controversy around Baltimore Ravens LB Terrell Suggs injury circumstances resurfaces -NFL News
The controversy around the circumstances in which Baltimore Ravens’ linebacker, Terrell Suggs, was injured is in the limelight again, following claims from a staff member of a local gym that the player tore his achilles tendon while playing
basketball.
According to Suggs and his agent, the LB’s injury occurred during a conditioning test.
In spite of the player’s denial, the controversy has not died and now the latest claim of the eyewitness at Glendale Ariz. gym has left a question mark on the credibility of Suggs and the agent’s statements.
It is pertinent to mention that the circumstances causing the injury have gained prominence because of the professional league regulator, National Football League's (NFL) rules, which allows deduction of the player’s benefits for the time
he misses due to the injury.
The rules are applicable in case the injuries occurr out of the team's facilities and activity.
Ravens can opt against financially compensating Suggs for the period he will be out nursing his injury during the upcoming season, as in spite of the controversy, his injury reportedly occurred during an off-field activity.
Luckily for the player, so far, his employers have not hinted at making such a drastic move and if they do, Suggs would lose his salary for about three months of the 2012 NFL regular season.
It will be within his stipulated timeframe for recovery and return, as the player claims his injury is a partly torn tendon, but he remains on risk of losing more if his comeback does not happen within the timeline.
As of the latest claims, Terrell, through his agent, said to stand by his claim that he was injured during a conditioning test.
The reports of controversy first emerged on ESPN Sports Network and the channel has again quoted a staff member of the gym backing an earlier claim that Suggs was injured while playing basketball.
Adam Bowman, the gym’s staff member, said:
"I was watching SportsCenter, and they said he did it during a conditioning test, and I said, 'What? What's going on here?' And then to lie about it”
However, the claim does not matter for the player as long as Ravens refrain from deducting his wages.
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