No Formal Investigation Into Robert Griffin III’s Injury

No Formal Investigation Into Robert Griffin III’s Injury

The National Football League Players Association will not demand an official investigation into the way the Washington Redskins took care of Robert Griffin III knee injury.

The NFLPA has the right to investigate the way teams deal with the injuries of their players under the sport’s collective bargaining agreement.

After the Redskins medical staff had troubles with the report regarding Robert Griffin III’s injury, the NFLPA made an informal investigation, on the way the situation was handled.

Robert Griffin III had surgery this Wednesday after he re-injured his right knee last Sunday in the NFC game against the Seattle Seahawks.

This was his third game since he suffered a sprain on the lateral collateral ligament of the same knee on the 9th of December in the game with the Baltimore Ravens.

Griffin kept playing in the Seahawks game although he appeared injured in the first quarter. In a later interview Redskins coach Mike Shanahan said that Griffin wanted to play, and that he convinced him to put him in the game, in the end.

The NFLPA also inquired about the game in which Griffin had his initial injury, respectively the Ravens game. Apparently the reason because of which Robert Griffin III went back on the field without Redskins’ Dr Andrews’s OK was the “communication problem” between the doctor and coach Shanahan.

Posted by Andre Monohan on Saturday January 12 2013, 2:43 AM EST. Ref: ESPN. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0