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Originally Posted by molson
That's probably how this type of situation was handled in most of the history of sports.
I'm reading (OK listening to) to Jackie McMullen's basketball history oral history book. It's interesting how many times going back to the 50's and 60's a player left a game, or didn't go back into a game, because they were pissed off, the coach was mad at them, they were too tired, they were hungover, whatever (probably mental-health related issues connected to some of those things). It was always reported as an injury. There were entire retirements attributed to personal issues by players of the day, where the wikpedia page still says, "injuries lead to retirement."
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No doubt. I was thinking the same thing. There is probably many injuries that led to late scratches of athletes that where actually mental health but attributed to physical injuries.