Whether fair or not I think Keogh not being able to play (work) is the point. If I can no longer work for an extended period of time (say over a year) for any reason from long term illness to injuring myself through doing something stupid and/or illegal I doubt my company will keep paying me my...
Comparing it an ordinary job, I assume that if I get done for drink driving and avoid injury and prison that I’d keep my job. However if I was a passenger in a car driven by a drink driver and got injured to the extent that I couldn’t work for 18 months I doubt my company would keep me on.
Can he lawfully be sacked for being injured and therefore unable to work? The difference with most football injuries is that he did not sustain it doing his job.