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Old 03-11-2016, 09:33 AM   #71
PeteMoss
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I think one of the silliest things fans do is look at a player who has had injuries and assume they will continue to get injured in the future at the same pace. This whole idea is ridiculous. Injuries are often chance accidents or collisions.

"Injury prone" is one of the stupidest concepts fans use in a lame attempt to predict a future they cannot know.
There are definitely some studies around why or if athletes are injury prone. I don't think its something you can just discount as not happening.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar...-prone/385257/

https://www.newscientist.com/article...-injury-prone/
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