He is injured and has been all season and i would suspect he is in need of an operation.
It makes sense for this to heppen now as Anderson will want to start planning for next season and as Brown is not here he will be better off looking at other options in the team.

If he is not injured then why invent the story? Is he a player who 'does not do as he is told consistently'? If we are not going to play him, I see no reason not to release him to Widnes.

The story has been invented for all to save face. Widnes aren't able to take him yet but hull are desperate given their injuries - it doesn't make sense to release him to strengthen another side rivalling us for playoffs (again!)

Hull are interested? Seriously? I cannot see it. No disrespect to Kevin but his current form is pretty terrible.

Hull are apparently signing everyone though.

Hull have 15 players out injured- many long term-

Which is why we need to sign everyone Code.

You can sign all our long term injured players if you want

Glad he's been stripped of the captaincy and hopefully won't play again for us. He's been a very good servant for us but for whatever reason only played half heartedly since signing for widnes. He's not given 100% and been a passenger in games. He's not captain material (never has been) and when the team needs a lift and a talking to Brown goes hiding. All in all it's a massive call but the right call from Anderson to strip him of the captaincy and allegedly drop him for the rest of the season. Think our season could turn the much needed corner as like when he was a player it looks like PA is going to take no rubbish off anyone. Something we've been missing for quite a while.

spot on

Don't believe this for one minute. If he's been injured all season then brown would surely have dropped him. He's not been performing on the pitch and hasn't been the captain and leader we've been crying out for throughout this poor spell. If NB played an injured player all season when we've had a realistic chance of winning something then he's a very poor coach. He's put his reputation on the line just to play the captain now we're out of the cup and have no real chance of winning the minor premier we drop K Brown because of his injury and N Brown is released early from his contract!!!

Well going on what you are saying we've been playing an injured captain who has helped massively to us having this remarkable slump and because we've a new coach in place we're dropping him so he can get fit for Widnes next season and Anderson can start building his own team. The truth is he's under performed this season, Anderson has seen this but N Brown hasn't for some reason. For the better of the club and team K Brown is dropped and we're masking it over as an injury that will see him miss the remainder of the season!!!!

He hurt his ankle at the start of the season and has been playing with it heavily strapped ever since.
It may be the sort of injury that wont get any worse but is unlikely to go away without rest or an opeartion.

As for playing injured players all teams do it. You only have to look at the amount of players who wait until the end of the season before they have an opeartion.

If Kevin Brown has been playing through the pain barrier it kind of makes a mockery of all the comments saying he has not been trying for the last few weeks.

But he's the captain and an alleged pivotal player for us. If he's not 100% then he's being carried by the rest of the players and makes this mid season slump all the more scandalous and poor coaching from N Brown. Can't see us putting our entire season on the line for 1 player who can easily be replaced going off his form throughout this entire season!!!

Eorl has been playing with an injury all season too- are you suggesting we drop him?

Its pretty unusual for most rugby players not to be playing without some form of injury. These then develop into issues that need surgery otherwise they lead to long term problems if not treated.