2014 RHP has committed to a mid-major D1 in the midwest where he was offered decent athletic money. Recently, he's been suffering from a nagging elbow issue that started as a significant velocity decrease (4-6mph) and progressed to discomfort/mild pain, at which point we shut him down. (In hindsight, I wished we would have shut him down sooner but we thought the velo decrease was just late-season wear down).
He speaks with the college team's recruiting coordinator about every two weeks, mostly about grades, off-season conditioning and such.
An ortho appointment is scheduled. I have a bad feeling about the prognosis. Based on my layman's evaluation of his symptoms, I'm concerned about a UCL injury.
We're obviously not making any decisions until we find out what's going on from the doc. But my question is this: if this turns out to be significant, what should we disclose and when should we disclose it?
My gut tells me that if a non-surgical rehab is pursued, no disclosure is necessary...but we would likely disclose if surgery is necessary.
We want to do the right thing by the program but also don't want to scare them away unnecessarily.
Particularly interested in hearing from those who went through a similar experience. thank you.
