O, Roddy where art thouIt never quite came out what the illness was. Seems like they didn't know what was the matter or they were unwilling to tell anyone.
There's a lot teams and players don't want to talk about. Seems like the local media isn't asking many questions either.
On Jan. 11, Josh Hamilton was admitted into a hospital due to the "early stages" of pneumonia. Initially, it was reported that he'd be out of the hospital within "24 hours."
Five days later, Hamilton was released. Why it took one of Earth's foremost humans in terms of health and fitness to go from a day in the hospital to a week is no addressed.
Then there's Roddy Beaubois.
The Dallas Mavericks' point guard broke his foot in August. We were told it'd be a couple of months and, most likely, he'd miss the first part of the regular season. Mark Cuban downplayed the injury by stating, "He broke a foot, he didn't have it amputated."
Are you sure? It's Jan. 16 and Beaubois seems as likely to play before March as I am.
Beat writer Eddie Sefko addressed the issue in a recent Q&A stating that either the media was "snowed" by the "couple-month prognosis" or there was a huge setback and that no one's "fessed up" about.
In November, DallasBasketball.com reported that Beaubois had the walking boot taken off with an apparent return to basketball activities within a couple of weeks. Again, comments from the useless Donnie Nelson and Cuban sounded as if it were no big deal.
Sports franchises can do what they want. There's no legal obligation to truthfully or forthcomingly report player injuries.
However, isn't there a certain moral obligation. No, the fans don't own the team. We do, on the other hand, buy tickets, T-shirts and watch the games on TV where a big chunk of cash is generated. A CEO wouldn't lie to investors about a company's financials nor would he or she mislead investors as much as the Mavericks have "snowed" the media and fandom regarding Beaubois.
