The decision concludes that his degenerative spinal pathologies, assessed globally, are incompatible with the physical performance standards required in professional football, notwithstanding his capacity to engage in other forms of employment. The commentary further examines the dissenting opinion, which cautions against conflating the natural wear and tear inherent in structurally short sporting careers with a genuine state of permanent disability, thereby highlighting the doctrinal tension between the protective purpose of the system and the internal coherence of the public social...

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