I’m not sure how the medical insurance for professional athletes work, but this story just adds to the bizarre situation going on in South Florida.
According to Fox Sports, not only did Jason Pierre-Paul decline to see or talk to the New York Giants, but he’s also declined to accept their offer of medical help as well.
The Giants work regularly with New York-area physicians who are considered among the finest in their fields and have used those relationships in the past to facilitate treatment for their players. In 2010, they consulted with the family of Chad Jones, who nearly lost his leg in a car accident, and suggested Jones be transferred to the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. There, Jones underwent several more procedures.
The Giants have offered to provide similar services for Pierre-Paul, who is not under contract with the team right now because he has yet to sign his franchise tender. Sources say Pierre-Paul’s family and representatives have declined the help to this point.
The team and Pierre-Paul’s agent, Eugene Parker, have declined to comment on the situation.
The team’s vice president of medical affairs and former Giants linebacker Jessie Armstead, were sent home without a chance to see or speak to Pierre-Paul.
The young man has experience a chaotic past few days, and may just want to be left alone for now, while he tries to piece together his life and football future.