Early Return to Elite Sport

1. Potential Short Term Advantages

1.1. If your on a game incentives based contract it can be the difference between being paid that week or not

1.2. If your comeback goes well, it can mean your stocks rise considerably in terms of sponsorship.

1.3. If the athlete is top tier it can be a huge factor in whether a team makes finals that year

2. Sports Where This Is More Likely to Happen

2.1. Rugby

2.2. Aussie Rules

2.3. Contact Sports (Where being macho is seen as being what you need to strive for)

2.4. Combat Sports

3. How Can This Be Discouraged in Future Sports-persons?

4. Who is more at Danger of Exploitation

4.1. Young Athletes

4.2. Athletes with Big Injury History

4.3. High Paid Athletes

5. Why Do Athletes Return Early

5.1. Sponsor Pressure

5.2. Pressure from Team Management

5.3. Self worth  and self esteem

5.4. No life outside of professional sport

6. Known Long Term Health Issues

6.1. Arthritis/Crippling Pain

6.2. Mental anguish that goes along with crippling pain

6.3. Repeating the same injury can lead to long term disability

7. Do sporting organisations open themselves up to litigation if careers end early?