Obviously there is no telling when the first one may strike. Football is, after all, a physical game and though few players ever set out to deliberately injure someone on the field of play accidents can most certainly happen. Should a player pick up an injury that ends their career then the decision of when to walk away from the game is taken out of their hands by fate. Sometimes this can be an immediate thing that happens because of a bad tackle or some other issue on the field, whilst other times it can be a gradual wearing down of the player’s physical attributes that got them to the top of the game in the first place.
