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The old-time players were told never to stay down

COLIN BOAG

T he debate a bout what can be done to make the game more entertaining, and the prospect of litigation from some modern-era players who have early symptoms of dementia, are in an odd way related. Before the dawn of professionalism it wasn’t uncommon for players to rack up 500 appearances for the clubs, sometimes turning out twice in a week, but we heard much less about cognitive problems. Was that because there were fewer players affected, or because the issues weren’t being recognised? It’s not that long ago that the term dementia was hardly used, a...

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