{"_id":"6a50033a64a4dfd035bee9dd","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is it permissible to work as a doctor directly for a professional sports team?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"What is the ruling on working in a profession that serves an industry with questionable or potentially impermissible aspects? For example, is it permissible to work as a physician directly employed by a professional sports team, sports company, or college athletic program, as opposed to simply treating athletes in a general medical practice?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"This line of work should be avoided due to the questionable nature of professional sports according to sacred law. Yes, there is a meaningful difference between treating athletes incidentally versus being formally employed by a team or athletic institution. The latter entails a more direct contribution to an ethically questionable industry.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff00b76658b4c2329a9","tag":"Contemporary Life: Jobs and Career","count":126},{"_id":"696530653e4fd26d8f9b39c1","tag":"Contemporary Life: Games & Sports","count":22},{"_id":"68deade683f5f909c75b44d1","tag":"Health: Other","count":6}],"createdOn":"2026-07-09T20:23:22.304Z"}