First, doctors can address general information, especially if it involves a public figure. And LVE is a public figure by virtue of his status with the Dallas Cowboys. Second, I've witnessed doctors hold press conferences after surgery and procedures, particularly if it involved a famous person, i.e., a public figure or a public medical situation.
Yes, I know. I used to be a reporter. Unless the patient gives permission, is the operative phrase. Second, we don't know whether in players contracts, they (players) agree to waive their rights in certain situations. Because players get injured and there is a reason for disclosing injuries (which the league does weekly during the season), it could be that the disclosing of injuries connected to football is something that is automatic to NFL contracts. So it wouldn't matter whether LVE gave consent or not. It could be a contractual issue. I suspect this is the case, which is the reason why Stephen Jones can address LVE's situation PUBLICLY.
I'm reading what was said. Stephen doesn't say the prognosis is good. He says the surgery went well. Those are two separate statements. Now, there may have been a forecast. But we don't know that. And that's my point. Stephen is given enough information to say the surgery went well. But he doesn't say that the doctors said the prognosis is good. Rather, he says "I feel good" LVE can play. Again, the doctor may have told LVE this, but we don't know.