Re: Wow, this thread really went off in a different direction!!
It sounds like even Andrews is saying he can't go right now. Andrews just claims that Dean needs rehab and "should" be a full-go by summer. So I guess OSU's docs should defer to Dr. Andrews? I realize you can claim OSU's docs are biased if the coaches want the kid out, but Andrews is not supporting Dean out of the goodness of his heart. I'm sure he was paid a fee by Dean's family to provide his opinion. I don't know what the alternatives are, but the NCAA snooping around questioning medical opinions of a team's doctors because a paid second opinion may disagree with about the player's prospects of recovery sounds like a recipe for a nightmare. I agree it does not look good if he goes to another school and has a great career, but I don't believe this is a case where you can say OSU is holding him out on no medical basis whatsoever. If they are screwing this kid, it will come back to bite them down the road in recruiting, so if they are rolling the dice to cut ties with an otherwise healthy 4-star recruit, that seems like an awfully big risk.