This is not about medicine, this is about show business. This is just one more step that the NFL is taking toward being the WWE. They need to fabricate as much off-the-field drama right now to sell as many tickets as possible and increase the TV ratings.
First was the Roethlisberger suspension. Do you think it was 6 weeks by accident? No, it's so he can come back vs. the Saints and maximize the TV ratings. Do you know that the ratings for the Masters were up 45% because Tiger Woods came back?
This is just another story: Will he return or won't he? The saga of this aging warrior striving for one more chance at glory in the uniform of the former rival, deprived of his chance last year because his young running back cannot hold onto the f%$$@ing football, The tense surgery, the waiting for him to stride confidently into camp one more time, and of course the two guaranteed high rating games as he plays the packers, plus the Saints, plus this year, as an added benefit the Jets who kicked him to the curb...and the Cowboys who he showed up last year and is always the highest rated team...... The story line is just too good.
Goodell and Chidress and the TV/Scheduling department of the NFL already know what is going to happen or they would have not scheduled this team to play 4 prime time games this year, plus 2 in the second half of doubleheaders.. My guess is that he has already had the surgery, and just waited to give the announcement until after the draft to build the drama a bit more. Perhaps there will be another tearful press conference or two....
WWE all the way.
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