The Globe interviewed seven of them, and all said that the ethical bedrock of their profession requires them to treat patients regardless of their personal history.

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This allows the VA to build a knowledge base of each of these injuries that provide doctors and researchers with data-driven information on how to treat a particular condition and also the natural history of conditions that we are now seeing in larger numbers than before.

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Even though Tampa Bay fans treat the Trop as a toxic waste dump all year, even for big games at the end of the season, history shows they tend to show up once the Rays are actually in the playoffs.

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Doctors sometimes make judgment calls to treat people as high risk because of family history, even if it isn't part of the patient's risk score.

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The youngsters have no sense of history weighing down on them, so they could treat it as just another game and go out and play with freedom.

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"A lot of coaches treat all the players the same way, whatever their age, whatever their body composition, whatever their injury history, whatever their playing position - everybody is doing the same training, " Verheijen said.

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