John Barnes pushing to sue AFL over concussion

Football Discussion Dustin Fletcher Hangar
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Has a supporter/member ever sued their club or the afl over the mental trauma caused by watching their team?

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Barnes was at the Hangar this week for some reason Was good to see though. Merv Keane as well

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There would be a fair class action for the ■■■■ we’ve had to endure these past 15 years! :sweat_smile:

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Ask a Saints supporter.

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Could see it happening either with an MBL or EPL team.

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They don’t know any better, so they are fine.

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SMJ was female?

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Probably serving the club!

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SMJ was all things and nothing.

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What did SMJ do that got him/her banned?

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Was picken one of the dogs players who would constantly drop at the knees to get free kicks to get high contact?

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Channeled the United States of Tara after one ban.

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no.

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Go get 'em boys.
How long before this is “settled” and relegated to being just another bulge under the AwFuL’s rug?..

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And the dodgy research by some AFL assigned medical ‘expert’ to sweep it under the rug.
AFL heroes go round the world to get ideas on how to negotiate the big bucks for the AFL while scrimping on player health ( except if it’s drugz)

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It’ll be an interesting ruling.

1985 I don’t know that there was really any useful data that concussions caused, or were linked to, more serious injury later in life.

Wikipedia tells me the NHL started a concussion policy/rotocol in 1997

So that knowledge should have been known and acted on during (for eg) Rooke’s career.
Perhaps not Barnes’ (or maybe the tail end, but he’d had unpteen concussions dating back to before being drafted).

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Apparently Barnes is part of the second legal action that is hitting the AFaiL in the next 24-48 hours.

Peter Jess is involved in this one.

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I have a lot of sympathy for anyone whose health is in really bad shape.

But i kinda think that it’s pretty obvious repeated hits to the head arent good for you.

Same with drinking too much alcohol on your head and liver or cigarette smoking on your lungs.

Would any of the guys struggling now not played the game had they known?

Is it going to stop people playing in the future?

Has the afl ever had rules which hasnt made the head sacrosanct? Ie tried to avoid contact through penalising play which endangers it?

Without knowing whats being asked of by the AFL in the lawsuit,
Im hoping the outcome of this is some sort of insurance fund that players have to tip into and the afl helps bankroll.

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