>> But why do we attach any importance to it over and above a broken leg
>> or injured muscle? Are we not told that we should respect emotional difficulties just as
>> we respect body injuries? Surely not more?
Historically the issue has been that while physical injury is an occupational hazard emotional difficulties were regarded as weakness. IIRC Marcus Trescothick took a lot of stick over returning home from a tour.
Only now is sport recognising that pyschological or mental health problems are of even equal validity.
That's why Simone Biles is being feted.
For clarity my point about Employment Law related to Naomi Osaka. She could perform perfectly well on court, her problem was with organisers' and sponsors' insistence on post match interviews etc.
I was suggesting that in a UK employment scenario her issues would be dealt with by reasonable adaptations and that an employer failing to do so could find themselves in hot water.
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