May 18, 2010

Professional soccer player forced to retire...before playing first professional game.:

posted by grum@work to soccer at 04:20 PM - 4 comments

I hope he hasn't been neglecting his education.

Still, it's better to find out before your first game, than after your "last game".

posted by grum@work at 04:21 PM on May 18, 2010

Pretty sad. I am glad they caught it. Apparently, it is the leading cause of death in young competitive athletes.

Am I the only one that has to remove backslashes from in front of all of my apostrophes after every preview?

posted by bperk at 04:35 PM on May 18, 2010

Toronto FC signed Harold to a six-year contract before this was discovered. I wonder how much he'll earn from that and whether he had insurance against a career-ending injury.

posted by rcade at 05:15 PM on May 18, 2010

I was wondering about the insurance angle myself...would they even pay for what is essentially a birth defect? He's only 17, he comes across as someone that is bright enough to go on to college, so I wish him well.

bperk...I see those backslashes on the preview, however, they do not show up on the final post...not sure what's up with that.

posted by dviking at 06:52 PM on May 18, 2010

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