Re: So when does this nuke drop in RL? : Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:51 pm
Mugwump wrote:
The problem is for any kind of study you need access to raw data. Unfortunately, much of it is tied up with the sport. And they aren't likely to be too co-operative with any study which the end results of mean potentially serious and expensive upheaval.
You may, sadly, be right. A club truly concerned about player welfare would be hypocritical to withhold the data. Concerned players (or League13) might still submit an FOI request, but I don't know if it would get anywhere. The cynic in me suggests it might not - the defence of "we incompetently lost it" would all too plausible