Phantoms rushing to get two stars back out on the ice

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As has been well publicized by @Sebster03, players Seabass Perrin and Alex Pearson have had some substance abuse issues, and were sent off to team-mandated rehab with the league's official program, the VSAP. Recently, it's been reported that due to COVID-19 issues, the VSAP is shut down until further notice, which has unfortunately left both Perrin and Pearson with uncompleted programs. This unfortunately would mean they wouldn't be eligible to start the season with the Phantoms if nothing changed, although it's a bit odd that the VHL has decided to carry on with the season, but halt other non-playing groups such as the VSAP.

 

Fortunately, prior to taking on the role as the head of the Phantoms, GM Jason Glasser worked for corporate of a group of 25 hospitals centered in Pittsburgh, PA, in "central admissions" - a role comprised of a lot of little things, but the main thing was centered around the computer side of moving patients around and making them appear correctly with inpatient types, accommodation codes, etc. It was a rather boring job but it paid the bills well, so he did this for much of his life before taking on GMing professionally. One such function that correlates to the problem at hand was discharging patients to different locations - to home, to different skilled nursing facilities, deceased with or without autopsy, and to different rehab facilities (both for medical rehab to regain bodily function, and for drug and alcohol detox). One of his coworkers at his old job used to work at a facility called Resolve, and knew some of the rehab specialists from there.

 

After a few quick phone calls and emails, GM Glasser managed to fly in one of these specialists to Prague on the team's charter plane. While the plane was already in the air, putting the league in a bit of a tight spot, GM Glasser talked with league officials to get this new specialist approved and a final schedule and program sent over that both the league and the specialist approved of. Ultimately, it was required that a member of VSAP would have to be hired, at the Phantoms' expense, to oversee the program. This was not a problem at all, since they weren't spending a lot on the specialist, and the VSAP members were out of jobs entirely and so weren't particularly demanding of wages. The VSAP member that was brought on board would have to report back to the league, ideally only for positive progress, but also for any setbacks if there were any. Pearson and Perrin would be able to compete in the upcoming season, provided that three meetings occurred before opening day, and that there were no further violations as the season went on.

This is where things stand at the moment. The first meeting is underway as of the time of writing, and two more are scheduled prior to opening day, with seven additional meetings planned during the early part of the season but not yet scheduled. The Phantoms have even segmented off a few rows at the front of the team charter plane in case a meeting needs to be scheduled in flight.

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