Shane McInnes, Matthew Richardson, Tony Shaw and Laura Spurway discuss the future of the specky after Jacob Weitering’s big injury on Good Friday.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 – Does the AFL have a problem when it comes to the specky?
1:05 – Matthew Richardson’s strong stance on the specky remaining
4:09 – Tony Shaw has his say
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What about after X amount of weeks on the side lines re the payment of a wage the payment is reduced, and that lowers again after a long time of not being able to play. The support is still there I'm not saying that a club can wash their hands of the player.
If said player is unable to play, then comes back they must then train to a point so that they can re-join the team in a game day situation, that is when they go back to a full wage.
Afl players are some of the luckiest people on the planet
FOOTBALL is Dying a Slow Death , Juniors turn to Soccer on mass . ALL this Concusion BS . Get them ALL to sign a form . BOXING you get knocked out that is the AIM , accidental injuries are just that. GET A WAIVER NOW
💯 the putrid AFL board will get rid of the speccy and you gutter journalists don't help one bit. Only Richo made sense here.
Time for changes in contracts playing a dangerous sport, you don't sign that contract, you don't play the highest league in the sport
You can always wear a helmet
if you are going to have a camera in the box I say to Shane McInnes-put some trousers on. Is that too much to ask? You're not at the pub.
Shoild it be a free kick for head high contact. Surley it should be.
Just get players to sign a contract saying they know the risk of a contact sport and they never Sue anyone
They are cleaning up the game.
They need to be ready for 2060 season women playing with the men in afl.
Richo knows the sacrifice to play AFL, never cried so much as a kid when he was injured on the boundary line with his knee. They increased the boundary width after that incident for all ovals. I won't be watching if they make it illegal to take a speccy, i'd throw in my membership as well.
Does chubby cheeks understand that a waiver would be over ruled by the workers compensation system? It is irrelevant whether someone accepts risk. Employees have compensation rights. The answer is that the AFL establish a fund to cover compensation payments. Compensation is not dependent on acceptance of risks.
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You can still take a high mark without kneeing someone in the head, it's about adjusting your technique.
Treat it like Boxing and MMA, you are going to get hit in the head
I can solve concussion !
No football
There are you all happy 😊
I've been saying this for years. How can the league be run by lawyers yet they haven't suggested this player waiver approach? This is an absolute no-brainer, pardon the pun. The league is right to do everything within reason to minimise the risk of concussion (eg. changing tackle rules with respect to protecting the head).
The flying marks is what is different and unique to AFL.
Shawry is an expert here, one of the greatest high marks in the history of the game !
Crazy, does a boxer sue the organisation if he suffers concussion.. bloody madness, what's wrong with people.. nxt, u will hear of someone suing Kleenex or sorbent. They broke there hand while whipping there backside after doing number 2s.
AFL players get paid enough.. surely you can take a knee to back of the head in a marking contest. Cmon
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HELMETS. You wait and see
Fix concussions in the umpires first.
What happens when you join the army or navy? Do you sign a waver you may be killed or seriously injured?
Footy is cooked!
I only ever hear about this being a problem at the AFL level, but the reality is, its a problem at every level. From school kids, to country, amatuer and state leagues.
I got knocked out through play, had my head stomped, punched and kneed through out the years – am i also eligible for compensation?
I know the risks, i accept them.
I love the hard tough physical game we played in the 80s and 90s. If the AFL keep introducing rules to remove the physical aspect, i will stop following the game. I know many others that share that thought.
Then you get someone like Toby Green who will deliberately drive a knee into the head of a good player to get them off the ground with concussion protocols
lawyers and insurance companies are destroying the world. If the AFL was smart it would get the waiver in and provide a free healthcare for life
I feel like it will get taken out. The game already is worse to watch than it was 20 years ago. The style of footy is so sanitized weekly I see players get out of the way of each other
When are they going to make helmets mandatory
Imagine going to supercars australia, and being like yeah i want to race but those concrete walls are scary and the car goes to fast…can we limit the cars and make the walls rubber and also, no touching other cars. Thanks.
Thats what the AFL does every year. The game isnt for everyone to play, if head knocks have you staying up all night scared, its not for you
That will be the death knell. Will not watch if you take that away
Visually speaking, it's probably the most marketable, impressive act in the game. This talk about growing game through sanitising it is actually suffocating it.
The specky will be gone soon. The AFL has turned into a massive nanny state. Play a game like AFL you're going to get hurt.