The B. League has been allowing more young, amateur players to compete in the circuit through a specially appointed player system for the past few seasons.
B. League officials, however, may be forced to re-evaluate the process in the wake of significant injuries suffered by some of those players this year.
In early February, the Gunma Crane Thunders’ Tensho Sugimoto and the Chiba Jets Funabashi’s Sota Okura — who are both still college students — suffered severe damage to the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in their knees last month.
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