Time and time again I see players' ruin their careers by trying to play through injuries or coming back too soon. These athletes need to realize that the organizations don't care about their well-beings, they only care about the money the athletes can make for them. But the athletes get fed this narrative that they have to play through injuries "for their team!" and all I keep seeing are athletes having shortened careers (when pro sports careers are already generally pretty short) resulting in lost earnings, only to be forgotten about except when sports journalists and fans occasionally talk about "what could have been."
Athletes need to stop playing through injuries and coming back too early.
Athletes need to stop playing through injuries and coming back too early.