During an inquest into the death of Sheffield United women's footballer Maddy Cusack, the club's former physiotherapist testified that adequate support structures were absent when the organisation transitioned to full-time training in 2023. Francesca Carr described the shift as rushed, explaining that staff members performed duties outside their expertise, including meal preparation, and that players lacked clear guidance on accessing human resources support following their change of training venue.

Carr told the court she had flagged concerns about Cusack's mental wellbeing during summer 2023, citing anxieties about housing and a long-distance relationship alongside an unusually intense reaction to accidentally attending the wrong training ground. Although Cusack's family attributes her deterioration to the club's manager, Jonathan Morgan, Carr testified she witnessed no problematic behaviour from him and confirmed she had advised him that Cusack was unfit for his first match in charge, corroborating his team selection decision.