The NFL needs to care about player safety

On Sunday, Oct. 11, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts started a game in London against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Nothing was inherently unusual about Hurts starting a game. Hurts is the starting quarterback for a team in the National Football League (NFL); he starts football games all the time. Everything surrounding that start, however, was highly unusual. The night before the game, doctors discovered a blood clot in Hurts’ calf. He was sent to a nearby hospital for treatment. While in the hospital, doctors told Hurts not to sleep, as doing so could be potentially life-threatening. Hurts was kept awake until 4 a.m., at which point doctors finally let him sleep. The next day, after being released from the hospital, Hurts met with the team’s doctors prior to the game. Despite knowing that blood clots had kept him hospitalized the night before, the team doctor cleared him to play.

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