# Jason Pierre-Paul Fireworks Injury **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 9, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642 "2015-07-09T04:41:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/1 "2015-07-09T04:41:21Z")
Nobody posted on this yet, so… This Jason Pierre-Paul story is getting even more bizarre. Now the Giants DE reportedly has had his [right index finger amputated](http://deadspin.com/report-jason-pierre-paul-had-his-right-index-finger-am-1716643885) (could be partial, but who knows?), and has [refused to speak with either Giants management](http://www.bigblueview.com/2015/7/8/8913881/jason-pierre-paul-injury-update-giants-officials-leave-florida-cj-wilson-injury-buccaneers) or to teammates. Yeah, like they made you blow up your hand. The Giants also withdrew their previous $60 million contract offer that Pierre-Paul didn’t like anyway. It’s not like he could have signed it anyway. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/2 "2015-07-09T04:53:26Z")
[Tampa Bay Cornerback CJ Wilson also injured his hand with fireworks.](http://deadspin.com/report-buccaneers-player-injured-hand-in-fireworks-acc-1716509412) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/3 "2015-07-09T04:59:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Tampa Bay Cornerback CJ Wilson also injured his hand with fireworks.](http://deadspin.com/report-buccaneers-player-injured-hand-in-fireworks-acc-1716509412) That’s the NFL for you; one team does something and soon it’s copycatted all over the league! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/4 "2015-07-09T06:42:42Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Now the Giants DE reportedly has had his [right index finger amputated](http://deadspin.com/report-jason-pierre-paul-had-his-right-index-finger-am-1716643885) So, in this case, it is rocket surgery? ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/5 "2015-07-09T07:00:08Z")
Whichever staff member at the hospital took photos of the surgery schedule and JPP’s medical record and sent them to Adam Schefter should be found out and fired by the morning. Holy HIPAA violation, Batman. Plus there’s a second patient’s information fully visible above his on the surgery schedule. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/6 "2015-07-09T13:37:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So, in this case, it is rocket surgery? Glad you pointed that out. JPP can’t; not anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/7 "2015-07-09T13:54:04Z")
JPP isn’t ignoring the Giants because he’s upset with them. He didn’t want them to know the extent of his injury, as if that gives him some leverage in his contract negotiations. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/8 "2015-07-09T13:55:31Z")
Why couldn’t it have been Ray Rice? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/9 "2015-07-09T14:08:17Z")
The amputation should allow for a faster recovery time and, thus, permit him to resume play nearer the beginning of the regular season. This aids his negotiating strength, whereas had he already signed the Giants might have kept him from playing a number of games at the beginning and he would have received no pay. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/10 "2015-07-09T14:17:15Z")
Apparently he hadn’t signed his franchise-tag tender yet. If the Giants withdraw that too, he could be out a huge pile of moolah. Not that someone else won’t immediately come in and throw a bunch of money at him, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/11 "2015-07-09T14:25:08Z")
I think someone else throwing a bunch of money at him is exactly what he’s hoping for. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/12 "2015-07-09T14:31:44Z")
The question is can he now catch it? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/13 "2015-07-10T03:12:22Z")
OK, let’s see, my body’s optimal physical condition is my living, and makes me millions of dollars. I am in contract talks and/or on my last year of contract. Let me handle explosives :smack: Wilson is even worse off, lost _two_ fingers and is NOT a top ranked multimillion player like Pierre-Paul. Hope they make a maximum recovery of their function. And the League has them star in a majos series of PSAs. > [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Now the Giants DE reportedly has had his [right index finger amputated](http://deadspin.com/report-jason-pierre-paul-had-his-right-index-finger-am-1716643885) (could be partial, but who knows?) Last I heard, he lost the whole finger (but the report was not medically detailed so who knows what that may mean) plus there were fractures of the thumb and he required skin grafts. That means a longer course of healing and rehabilitation for that hand and arm than would just clean off losing the one finger. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/14 "2015-07-10T03:43:49Z")
So does anyone want to hazard a guess as to what Pierre-Paul’s right index finger was worth? ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-pierre-paul-fireworks-injury/724642/15 "2015-07-10T05:40:49Z")
I’m mixed on there Adam Shefter issue. I agree the hospital employee was violating the law by leaking him the amputation report, and Adam Shefter would have looked like a bigger man if he said he had an indisputable source that the finger was getting whacked, but once you get that report, how can you resist the temptation to tweet it? And what if you don’t tweet it, and another reporter does? This is the nature of todays media. Plus, it distracts from the REAL issue: the dumbass football player who blew $60 million and let down a massive fanbase so he could play with fireworks.