anybody that has had a serious sprain knows you can't play soccer in 2 weeks-there is no way i could have played basketball, mine was probably 4 weeks on crutches-questioning someones pain level and he was probably strapped as a procedure for insurance,
they also could have thought it was fractured-i suppose you want him to hop off in agony or have two players do an armchair-whoever played soccer after two weeks just shows how untalented the competition was -was it co-ed or how slight the sprain was---marcus came back playing against the best talent in the world and at quard position against the quickest most agile players in baskeball world-
And for the record it was a severe ankle sprain and it was two weeks. When I went to the emergency room after it happened the doctor taking x rays said, "Ive never seen an ankle so swollen that wasn't broken."
Luckily Ithaca College is one of the best schools in the country for Athletic training and two of my best friends were AT's.
When I wasn't in class I was rehabbing getting myself back to where I needed to be.
When I played in that game I was probably 60%. I told my friends, I gotta play in this game, what do I need to do to make it happen. They said to me, "Kevin your crazy, you can't play, your not ready." but I told them to pound sound, I had to play.
It was the equivalent of when Rocky has Micky cut him above the eye so he can keep fighting.
Luckily between the pain meds, the booze, all of my hard work rehabbing, and sheer determination I made it a half before pulling up lame. But I had the guts to go for it.
Smart can't even leave the court. Shame.