Health has been an issue, but now we have to figure salary into the equation
Injuries suck.
Derailing careers and shortening a player’s competitive window, suffering an injury usually never comes at a good time. Sometimes you’ll see a player use the phrase “gives me a chance to reset” or “ allows time to heal” or something along those lines, but in actuality, suffering an injury is never a good thing. In a sport where there is always someone trying to get your job, a player that gets injured runs the risk of not being able to reclaim his spot (unless his contract says he will).