When the treatment may end a promising football player’s career: “My decision about how to intervene could very well end his football career. If he loses weight, he won’t be competitive against 280 lb. linemen in college. If he sits out his senior year to get his cholesterol and hypertension in line, he won’t get noticed by colleges.”
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