PromoTheRobot Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando Tim Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: Good for him giving up money to help people who need it, not something you see very often. 24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Wow. Very honorable. 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco_92 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 So it wasn't for his own health but to spend time helping others? Commendable 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) Life is more than how much money you made. Have to respect this guy! Giving up the paycheck to help others is amazing stuff. It reminds me a bit of Pat Tillman. Look at the big picture, your values and not what’s easier, safer or makes you rich. That’s hero kind of stuff. I’d be very proud if he was my son. . Edited July 25, 2020 by Augie 7 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poleshifter Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 He will work as an orderly? I thought he got his MD. Is this the Canadian version of a residency that US doctors must go through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Punching Bag Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 https://www.kmbc.com/article/chiefs-laurent-duvernay-tardif-says-hes-opting-out-of-2020-nfl-season/33420599# Quote He said that being at the frontline of the COVID-19 in the offseason gave him a different perspective on the pandemic. Duvernay-Tardif graduated from medical school. I guess he is not a supporter of "Fake news". He graduated and spent some time as an intern during offseason. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutDog Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) He’s a hero. Pushing through the garbage of MSNBC and FOX news to speak the truth. If only every day people would follow suit and recognize that slanted channels/news is detrimental to this country. There is no Dem and GOP...we are all Americans. He’s a hero to me, plain and simple. Edited July 25, 2020 by TroutDog 3 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Good on him, he has his head on straight, and is a serious role model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 18 minutes ago, TroutDog said: He’s a hero. Pushing through the garbage of MSNBC and FOX news to speak the truth. If only every day people would follow suit and recognize that slanted channels/news is detrimental to this country. There is no Dem and GOP...we are all Americans. He’s a hero to me, plain and simple. In his case North American because he is Canadian. Ironic that the first one to step out is a Canadian who have much more strict COVID-19 protocols. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy10 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Just now, Limeaid said: In his case North American because he is Canadian. Ironic that the first one to step out is a Canadian who have much more strict COVID-19 protocols. I think he would tell you his adherence here is to the science, not any border or political ideology. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Not sure how anybody on here can't say thats awesome of him but someone will I bet. As someone up^ said hes a hero! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Rare strength of character and conviction to be sure. Something for all of us to aspire to. I wish him well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ManRaid Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) 32 minutes ago, TroutDog said: He’s a hero. Pushing through the garbage of MSNBC and FOX news to speak the truth. If only every day people would follow suit and recognize that slanted channels/news is detrimental to this country. There is no Dem and GOP...we are all Americans. He’s a hero to me, plain and simple. Well, the player himself is Canadian and went home to help Canadians... Edited July 25, 2020 by 1ManRaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said: I"m kind of wondering if Schefter doesn't kind of have it mixed on the "work as an orderly" or if that means something different in Canada Duvernay-Tardif is a medical school graduate. Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery. He hasn't done (what we'd call) an internship or residency yet. But he's got the training to do far more than work as an orderly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Hapless, if you think about it, he doesn’t have a nursing license so he can’t work as a nurse, nor a scrub tech in the OR, and if he hasn’t done an internship or residency, then it actually does make sense he could only contribute as an orderly. Everything is licensed as I’m sure you know. Regardless, very, very honorable of him to help out, and if this is how he can help his neighborhood, god bless him. I could care less if it were Canada or the US. Does it really matter? Last time I checked, not for you Hapless, but the other person, Canada is still part of North America. Growing up in Buffalo and a lot of blurry nights north of the border at 19, Canada was a suburb of Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 10 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: I"m kind of wondering if Schefter doesn't kind of have it mixed on the "work as an orderly" or if that means something different in Canada Duvernay-Tardif is a medical school graduate. Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery. He hasn't done (what we'd call) an internship or residency yet. But he's got the training to do far more than work as an orderly. Perusing the reactions to the tweet(mostly good some vile) I got the impression their might some sort of shortage of them causing it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 In case you hadn't heard, Chiefs lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif earned his medical degree and requested to add “M.D.” to the nameplate on his jersey. The NFL reportedly denied his request. It started with a simple tweet saying the NFL rejected his request, and buzz and reaction continued to grow.Jun 27, 2018 I remember when the above happened a couple years ago, and thought the NFL missed a real opportunity(as usual) to promote a player with a great story by allowing the MD on his nameplate. I'm sure the league regrets that decision now, as he's showing himself to be a high-character individual, worthy of recognition. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretzel logic Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Free country to make your own choices......Good luck in your field LD....better worry about ed oliver eating mahomes now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Real Sports did a feature on him. I can't find a video of the whole segment anywhere but if you're more internet sophisticated please link it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Pretty cool. Much respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Life > football 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSBill Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Here is a role-model in every good sense of the words. The NFL should be promoting him every chance they get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd1 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Social Distancing Canada vs USA - https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-maid-of-mist-coronavirus-and-americas-ship-of-fools/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uticaclub Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Good, hope the right side of KCs oline is an issue when we play them this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbRiddick Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Good for him, that's great that he's putting others first by working on the front line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 2 hours ago, GunnerBill said: Life > football Absolutely, no doubt. I will proffer, however, that this year the return of sport — safely — is more important than ever to the world’s collective psyche. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChans Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 9 hours ago, Poleshifter said: He will work as an orderly? I thought he got his MD. Is this the Canadian version of a residency that US doctors must go through? He hasn’t done any post-grad training and cannot practice medicine. So he is working as an orderly. An MD without any residency training in the US or Canada basically gives you zero qualifications in actual health care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsDude Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Good for him! A bunch of hypocrites here though. If Josh Allen opts out to work on his farm, will you be ok? I will be ok with that. Will you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCbillsfan Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 I had two immediate reactions to this story. One - good for him. He wants to help people. Terrific. Two - what Oline guy is Brandon Beane trading to the Chiefs for a draft pick(s)? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 41 minutes ago, eball said: Absolutely, no doubt. I will proffer, however, that this year the return of sport — safely — is more important than ever to the world’s collective psyche. I agree. I think having the Premier League back has been good here. It isn't as good with no fans but it is better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCbillsfan Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 15 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: I agree. I think having the Premier League back has been good here. It isn't as good with no fans but it is better than nothing. The Premier League is good stuff. I'm getting hooked on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, DCbillsfan said: The Premier League is good stuff. I'm getting hooked on it. Finishes tomorrow. Just the Championship playoffs and then the European games in August. New season kicks off same weekend as the NFL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfanmiami(oh) Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Wow not what I was expecting to see after just seeing the title. Very commendable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 1 hour ago, BillsDude said: Good for him! A bunch of hypocrites here though. If Josh Allen opts out to work on his farm, will you be ok? I will be ok with that. Will you? depends on the opt out clause in the new agreement, which i have not seen yet. If a player opts out but is still credited with a year of service, and Josh, or any player for that matter, opts out to avoid injury in a contract year...yep gunna have an issue. Think it abundantly clear by all accounts on social media Josh has not exactly been holed up on his farm all spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: depends on the opt out clause in the new agreement, which i have not seen yet. If a player opts out but is still credited with a year of service, and Josh, or any player for that matter, opts out to avoid injury in a contract year...yep gunna have an issue. Think it abundantly clear by all accounts on social media Josh has not exactly been holed up on his farm all spring Opt out clause will allow the contract to toll. If the player is “high risk” they get 350k and a credited season and if just don’t want to play for any other reason they get 150 k and no credited season but then when they come back that is subtracted from their salary. Edited July 25, 2020 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 So technically John brown could opt out under the high risk clause Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Opt out clause will allow the contract to toll. If the player is “high risk” they get 350k and if just don’t want to play for any other reason they get 150k. TY YOLO..am i reading that right that high risk player does accrue a season if they sit? That seems fair to me, and if I was the NFL i would prolly mandate a high risk player sit out..with full pay and an accrued season And hate to admit i am not sure what "contract tolls" means..and googling it has not helped me understand better in this context..can you explain? Thanks 4 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: So technically John brown could opt out under the high risk clause what would cause that? Edited July 25, 2020 by plenzmd1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: TY YOLO..am i reading that right that high risk player does accrue a season if they sit? That seems fair to me, and if I was the NFL i would prolly mandate a high risk player sit out..with full pay and an accrued season And hate to admit i am not sure what "contract tolls" means..and googling it has not helped me understand better in this context..can you explain? Thanks what would cause that? John Brown has sickle cell disease contract toll basically means that the contract pauses, 2020 salary and contract terms move to 2021, they remain on the roster and will be placed on some kind of reserve list - also they will continue to have benefits such as accruing seasons toward pension and will have same medical insurance coverage. Edited July 25, 2020 by YoloinOhio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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