Several high profile stage combat practitioners have gone on to become the diving coach for premiership football teams helping players better recreate injuries and exaggerate offences by other players. Many performers turn to stage combat as an alternative to the real armed forced due to cowardice or love of attention which is frowned upon in many military environments especially where stealth is needed. This has become less of an issue since 2011 when the US Armed Forces lifted it's 'Don't Ask, don't tell' policy.