And then there is the burning issue of concussion. Bechta might have read the headlines about poor Jonathan Thomas, the Wales and Lions forward, who has been forced into retirement due to epilepsy related to multiple head traumas. Bechta might wince as he sees this as the tip of the iceberg and imagines the lawsuits to follow, just as they did in the United States when the NFL had to pay out $1 billion in compensation to concussed “victims”.