Student - athletes will benefit the most from reduced
exposure to potentially injurious blows and from what one calls the «conundrum
of having to self - report an injury that they may not recognize as being potentially injurious or dangerous in the moment
of competition,» or, as recent studies suggest, that athletes know are potentially dangerous but choose not to report because they
fear being punished by the coach for doing so, such as by removing them from a starting position, reducing
future playing time, or inferring in front
of teammates that reporting symptoms made them «weak» or less «manly»; and