51. In addition, the NFL Players Association charges the Raiders with numerous violations of the rule against releasing injured players and with playing hardball when the players file grievances.
52. In such instances, the salary of the injured player still counts against the cap, so a replacement likely will have to be found from the existing roster.
53. In professional football, injured players are considered a distraction, maybe even an unwanted reminder that bones and muscles and brains do get banged up.
54. Injured player says he thinks he broke his leg.
55. Injured players can risk even worse damage by dulling the pain that would normally force them to stop.
56. Injured players have been cheered and booed in other cities.
57. Injured players can be voted to the team as an honor and then replaced by alternates.
58. Injured players have regained their health.
59. It ended as so many Rockets games have, with the Rockets playing with and without injured players and Olajuwon not playing at all in the final minutes.
60. Jets watchers are reporting that Parcells makes certain his injured players are truly injured by poking at their injuries.