Players as products: are we pushing our sportspeople too far?

Jonny Reid  |  Features  |  sport watch
Date posted:  9 Oct 2024
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Players as products: are we pushing our sportspeople too far?

Manchester City star Rodri believes 40-50 matches a season is the optimum amount.

Manchester City star Rodri recently said that football players are close to calling a strike in opposition to an increase in the amount of games they are being asked to play. Footballers are not the only ones asking questions about workload.

Cricketer and England Test captain Ben Stokes retired from playing One Day Internationals saying: 'I feel that my body is letting me down because of the schedule and what is expected of us.' World number three tennis player Carlos Alcaraz also claimed the administrators are 'trying to kill us' with injuries mounting up due to a compressed calendar.

So why is this happening?

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