“As ever, in the face of terrible tragedies, the questions overwhelm: Why … how … why … why … WHY? And as ever, the answers don’t remotely satisfy.
“How can a healthy young man, engaged in the passion of his life, among the world’s best at his craft, while wearing protective equipment … still be mortally felled by what seemed a relatively innocuous ball?
“It defies explanation, for there are no answers worthy of the name. As I wrote on Thursday morning, it seems more a matter of mathematics than mayhem.
“That is, if players engage in an activity where there is a one-in-10 million chance of mortal injury … 10 million times … then it stands to reason that every few decades someone will be the victim of colossal catastrophe through the fault of no one.”
Read more: SMH.com.au
