Conclusion of how an Injury Affects an Athletes Value

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Overall Question: How does an injury within an athlete affect the value of the athlete?

Throughout many years of athletics, athletes have suffered a wide variety of injuries.  A few examples of these injuries include broken bones, concussions, ACL injuries, etc.  After an athlete suffers an injury they work as hard as they can to get back onto the field or court.  They go through surgery, then rehab, and then back into the sport slowly.  The value of athletes changes greatly after they suffer injuries.  Through my research I have come to the conclusion that overall the value of athletes decreases as they suffer an injury and return to the sport.  

In my previous 5 blog posts I mentioned many of the most popular sports in the country and discussed how the value of a player would be affected after they got an injury.  Looking at football, baseball, and basketball I have found that when an athlete gets injured in those sports their value goes down.  The main reason an athlete loses value is due to a lack of performance that they had before the injury occurred.

These injuries are bad for the player because they get a cut in a pay check, can lose a scholarship, or may not be able to come back and play at all.  In many of the articles I read, I got to see specific examples of players that had an injury.

Overall, when an athlete in any sport suffers an injury and they come back and play they lose value.