Stress fracture, sophomore year. Six weeks in a boot, season over. My scholarship covered tuition but I lost my summer training stipend and my spot on the travel roster, which meant losing the per diem and gear that made the whole thing affordable. An employee injured on the job files for workers' comp and keeps getting paid. I got a boot and a bill for the campus health center copays. People talk about employment like it's some radical idea, but every construction worker in America already has the deal I'm describing. I ran 60 miles a week for my university and had fewer protections than the guy who repaved the track.
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