News Injuries & Suspensions
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Giants have by far the best social media manager.
AFL insurance should cover concussion as well as other injuries. That's how it works in the NBA/NFL.
Ideal system has the player welfare not being interwoven with financial considerations from either side. You don't want a system where a player keeps playing for financial reasons, you don't want a system where a club forces a player out or encourages them to keep playing for financial reasons but you'd prefer the first over the latter.
Ultimately the AFL has decided it wants to reward players leading with their heads and encourage them to risk concussions for free kicks with their rules and to force the responsibility of care on other players ahead of the players themselves, so it seems fair the AFL should bare the burden that system creates before anyone else.
Giants have by far the best social media manager.
AFL insurance should cover concussion as well as other injuries. That's how it works in the NBA/NFL.
Ideal system has the player welfare not being interwoven with financial considerations from either side. You don't want a system where a player keeps playing for financial reasons, you don't want a system where a club forces a player out or encourages them to keep playing for financial reasons but you'd prefer the first over the latter.
Ultimately the AFL has decided it wants to reward players leading with their heads and encourage them to risk concussions for free kicks with their rules and to force the responsibility of care on other players ahead of the players themselves, so it seems fair the AFL should bare the burden that system creates before anyone else.
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https://theconversation.com/why-spo...-injured-workers-and-how-we-can-fix-it-200702
Worse still, exemptions from state and territory employer-funded workers’ compensation schemes deny professional sportspeople the fallback protection afforded to other workers.
In the absence of workers’ compensation, the primary medical obligation transfers to Medicare, shifting it from employers and state governments to taxpayers and the federal government.
The exemptions were introduced in the 1970s at a time when athletes first started to be paid well and leagues and clubs were concerned about their financial capacity to pay workers’ compensation premiums.
There also were perceptions that sport was not “normal” work, and (part-time) athletes were not workers. The arguments are redundant in a world in which sport has been corporatised and commercialised.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/af...t/news-story/c6fd39b735a2dc258a0a56be62c4e77d
“From 2009, the cover available under the AFL insurance policies has been essentially illusory, due to a very narrow TPD (total permanent disability) definition which provides that the policy will only pay out in the most catastrophic circumstances,” the case brief says.
“The effect of this is that in most if not all cases, a current or former AFL player would not be covered for serious mental health conditions that arise from concussion based injuries.
“In other words, since being drafted, AFL players have been asked to pay an annual premium in respect of the AFL insurance policies, despite these policies providing no relevant cover for serious concussion and related risks facing AFL players.”
The Herald Sun also reported that the insurance schemes set up for footballers are dubbed as “zombie policies”, with one retired star set to be a test case for the action.
Worse still, exemptions from state and territory employer-funded workers’ compensation schemes deny professional sportspeople the fallback protection afforded to other workers.
In the absence of workers’ compensation, the primary medical obligation transfers to Medicare, shifting it from employers and state governments to taxpayers and the federal government.
The exemptions were introduced in the 1970s at a time when athletes first started to be paid well and leagues and clubs were concerned about their financial capacity to pay workers’ compensation premiums.
There also were perceptions that sport was not “normal” work, and (part-time) athletes were not workers. The arguments are redundant in a world in which sport has been corporatised and commercialised.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/af...t/news-story/c6fd39b735a2dc258a0a56be62c4e77d
“From 2009, the cover available under the AFL insurance policies has been essentially illusory, due to a very narrow TPD (total permanent disability) definition which provides that the policy will only pay out in the most catastrophic circumstances,” the case brief says.
“The effect of this is that in most if not all cases, a current or former AFL player would not be covered for serious mental health conditions that arise from concussion based injuries.
“In other words, since being drafted, AFL players have been asked to pay an annual premium in respect of the AFL insurance policies, despite these policies providing no relevant cover for serious concussion and related risks facing AFL players.”
The Herald Sun also reported that the insurance schemes set up for footballers are dubbed as “zombie policies”, with one retired star set to be a test case for the action.
Williams is officially a test :-
https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1537035
UPDATES on nine Blues leading into Round 7.
Zac Williams (achilles soreness)
- Received a knock to his Achilles on Saturday and was subbed out of the game
- Availability: Test
https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1537035
UPDATES on nine Blues leading into Round 7.
Zac Williams (achilles soreness)
- Received a knock to his Achilles on Saturday and was subbed out of the game
- Availability: Test
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Robertson 4 week dislocated shoulder injury for Lyons holders
K. Dawson listed as 2-3
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1114586/medical-room-the-full-afl-injury-list-r7
K. Dawson listed as 2-3
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1114586/medical-room-the-full-afl-injury-list-r7
So why did Charlie Cameron get off for a similar action last week when he used "the good bloke argument" which was successful?
Barrass had character references/ all his charity work was shown but the 1 week suspension still stands.
I am very confused...AFL opened a can of worms with Cameron verdict, now another player uses the same defence after a similar action yet the suspension still stands?
Barrass had character references/ all his charity work was shown but the 1 week suspension still stands.
I am very confused...AFL opened a can of worms with Cameron verdict, now another player uses the same defence after a similar action yet the suspension still stands?
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