Perhaps the Browns have been keeping things “in house” because if the health department or worse yet the CDC finds that the stadium is a public health risk….Money first, every other concern is secondary.
The Browns would lose millions if the stadium was shut down or even thought to be a “possible” cause of staph. Heck, the way some fear-driven media outlets go- it could turn to a MRSA infected hotdog stand in a matter days.

I think that all there illness should be made public. steph could be only the illnesses that are there. let them know that it is important that we know and the other players need to know. c cat.

Should be made public.
CDC should be notified and the local health department.

The team should disinfect the areas that the team uses. Bleach? ITS CHEAP!

I’m a long time Browns fan. I f you ask me, the Browns have had a perpetual STAFF infection since winning their last championship in the 60’s!

If the organization felt nothing copuld be their faul, why was Winslow ordered to keep it “in house?”

On other blogs, many have been shooting away at Kellen for his past mistakes. But lets keep this in perspective. 6 confirmed cases of staph from one common location speaks for itself. Something is wrong. And if players are catching it (they are in superior health) then they are taking this sickness home to their families. And exposing others during the week when they are out shopping ,at restaurants, at thier childrens soccer games, etc… I do not know what happens in the Browns locker room, but if the Browns were addressing this issue, now is the time for them to tell us what they are doing about it.

Ok right now we dont know where or how he contracted this infection. It could be from his house, the park, even a club he went to. This is a very common bacteria. So why is the team so conserned? leads me to think there is alot more to this story.

Get the custodians to use Q&A or FullSan and sanitize the locker rooms and equipment used. The chemical sanitizer WILL kill all staph and any other infectious diseases. Problem solved, if they are contracting it from the facility.

Make it public! They seem to make everything else public. Also, they need a new team doc in my opinion. Something is not right with that situation. I can see if the team released the info without the player knowing this but he is the one that made it public. No HIPPA laws being broke in that case.
One last thing, how does this affect the other teams they play? Do they tell them??

Rafer, get your facts straight!!

Winslow was not suspended for saying he had a staph infection. It was the way he went about it that got him in trouble.

LeCharles Bentley got the staff infection AFTER knee surgery. Last I heard the Browns don’t own a surgical unit . I’m not even sure Bentley was in Cleveland when he got staph. Bentley came back to the team, they cleared him to play. The Browns were willing to give him a chance. It was Bentley with a bruised ego that asked to be released after he learned he’d have to earn a starting position.

Where did you get Joe Jurevicius is out because of a staph infection? The other news sites have him out with a knee injury, no mention of staph.

Who are these other “confirmed” cases of staph whose careers ended?

With the breaking news of the Browns’ staph infection, they should have no problem winning the Super Bowl this year, because their opponents will not want to tackle any one of them if their carreer or health in jeopardy. If so, LET BRADY QUIN PLAY or let him trade to Miami!!! Bombs away Brady, but no high fives and don’t lick your hand like Dan Marino used to after the football hit the ground and was touched by so many dirty hands. EWWWWWW!!.

If they had made this known earlier, then there wouldn’t be such a good deal. And yes, they should also have a team doctor.

Are we talking MRSA here? That’s some bad stuff and is supposed to be sooooo hard to get rid of. It takes an antibiotic cocktail to even begin to fight it, I think, because no one thing works. So, I’m not even sure cleaning with bleach is good enough. They call MRSA the Superbug. If, in fact, that’s what this is then it may be the nature of the bug that’s making it hard to get rid of.

Heh, I believe we do need to know where they contracted the virus. The best thing the team can do is hire experts to check the stadium for disease. Then come back with a report.

The decision to suspend Winslow was a typical Cleveland Brown-out. How is it the Health Dept. has not stepped in and condemned the place? A better solution would be lock the doors and suspend team operations until higher order intelligence sets in. Oops, i forgot i was talking about Cleveland.