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The Price of Play: Jalen Hurts And The Black QB Trap
- Jalen Hurts developed deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary emboli after doctors initially cleared him to play and fly home following a calf injury.
- The diagnosis is expected to end Hurts’s season, while the players’ union investigates his medical care and the NFL has cleared the Philadelphia Eagles’ medical staff of wrongdoing.
- The summaries argue that racial bias in medicine and football can lead to Black players’ pain being underestimated and pressure them to continue playing.
- Hurts’s $255 million contract runs through 2028, but his injury could test his value and leverage in the NFL.
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The Price of Play: Jalen Hurts And The Black QB Trap
Jalen Hurts’ life-threatening diagnosis exposes the NFL’s harsh double standards, where elite Black quarterbacks are treated as disposable.
·Silver Spring, United States
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