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We clearly aren't going to agree on the basics, but your comments above are utter tosh. 1. PHD students are *by definition* the experts in the field they are studying... that's why they are given a doctorate at the end of it. 2. The "football authorities", by which I assume you mean the FA...

Of course there are issues... this is the exact point about informed consent. Professional sport, by its very nature, involves the process of pushing the human body *beyond* what it is normally capable of, in terms of long term strain and increased risk of trauma. No professional sports...

Exactly... walking down the street is dangerous, leaving the house is dangerous, staying in the house is dangerous! There is a point at which "informed consent" steps in and negates the need for everyone to be wrapped in cotton wool. There are inherent dangers in all sport and footballers...