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Kenty

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1475 total appearances

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Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

Yeah.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

Didn't play a lot of games for the Dolphins.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

He's in his second season there.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

He's only played eight or nine games, I think it is.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

He hasn't played too many.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

Shoulder injury just got too much for him though, but has been a very, very good player for a long time.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

I think 191 games I think he ended up playing.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

Well, essentially you go and, well, you've got an injury that basically you're not recovering from.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

And then once you retire, under the new CBA that's been negotiated by the Players Association,

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

the clubs are obligated to basically pay out whatever remains on the contract.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

So you do see that a little bit now.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

In the past, players might have persisted and hung around on the injury list and just tried to get better and maybe come back for a game here or there.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

as their body allowed, but now if you've got a long-term injury that they've regarded, you've got to have all your tests, the doctor's got to look at it, the doctor's got to say, yeah, there's a permanency to the injury, then you can apply for your medical retirement, at which point if that's then processed, you can continue to be paid out by the club.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

Well, it's through the NRL.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

Yeah, it's through the NRL.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

And it's a recent... I think it was...

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

I'm not sure it was the last collective bargaining agreement or the one before where this was negotiated.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

But it was something the players were very passionate about.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

And you can see why when their careers are ended.

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
Injury Shock: Limb-Saving Surgery, Medical Retirement & 50-Point Curse

Yeah.