Did they only do research on fall leagues? If so, yeah we know but now they know how summer leagues feel.
Three points come to mind.
- Does the survey give the difference in injury severity between October and January for a non-world cup year by way of a control?
- How many of the injured players in January actually went to the World Cup?
- 88 recorded injuries is in no way a big enough sample size to draw any firm conclusions.
Warmer temperatures literally help with injury rehabilitations? If the injuries are higher it’s because of fixture congestion not whatever bullshit study ESPN did
Memes aside, is there a comparison between this and nations that have a calendar year based season? Eg. Japan’s season is from Jan- Dec so a regular summer world cup would be mid-season for them
A lot of their core player in world cup played in europe though, so this has to be taken into consideration
No shit, Sherlock
Another WC during winter in Saudi Arabia, innit?
And we do it all again in 2034!!
FIFA 2034: I’ll fuckin do it again
WOAH
No shit Sherlock
“Today I feel injured” -Gianni Infantino, probably
I feel like this is way too narrow a timeline to view it through. Let’s not forget that the majority of footballers professionally were provided a rare period of extended rest during the WC period, since a majority of them obviously did not play the during the tournament.
If anything, my feeling is that injuries have largely increased since the 2 seasons were bundled together during the lockdown period. This is merely a result of that snowballing imo.
Southern hemisphere - am I a joke?
I was disgusted at Qatar being awarded the WC and even more disgusted at Saudi for 100s of reasons but a winter WC is not one of them.
Yes this whole winter vs summer thing feels a tad like “Hey its only the European football viewers who matter”
There was a lot wrong with Qatar’s WC but this feels elitist
Legalize steroids. Our roided up guy vs your roided up guy.
More number of games in a calender year leads to more injuries. Suprise.
Footballers need to protest this quickly before it reaches a similar boiling point as tennis. Players are protesting now, and Sinner recently abandoned a tournament after a 2:30 AM finish with his next game scheduled about half a day later. But it doesn’t look like the ATP is going to budge.