Players not keen on medicals
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Health matters: A Nico player is assisted off the field by medics in a previous game. First Division players have been urged to undergo medical check ups. PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG
League committee chairperson Eatlametse Olopeng strongly recommended the medicals as he said they were vital and not complex as perceived by those reluctant to undertake them.
At the weekend meeting for first division clubs held here, it emerged that some players were not keen to do medicals citing privacy reasons. Clubs stated that players were not keen to undertake medical check-ups as they felt they (medicals) covered other ailments, which they do not want to be tested for.
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