Men literally end careers and break bones (or brains) on the field and the game just goes on. They get put back in to play or their bodies are cleared from the field so that play can resume.

Reminds me of the men running bodies off the circus track in Ben Hur.



https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxNmFtvi3QoRdhshFVblIbpNhWKkCL2RYx