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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 511112" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>The concern over concussion is nearly as big here.</p><p></p><p>We don't have any suings, or post-mortems yet, but we are very much aware that it's doing damage - and possibly more than acceptable.</p><p></p><p>A great deal of the problem is that the vast majority of cases go unreported. I think one pro player reckoned he'd had 40 or 50 of them and reported about 4. Even when they are reported, they aren't taken as seriously as you like. We recently changed from minimum rest periods to cognition tests, to be more accurate. Great, until you consider pro players routinely underperform so they can get back into action quicker.</p><p></p><p>So there are steps to solve it underway, but the problem is every step forwards is met by players and coaches who are desperate to win and cunning about it. An example is that in the JWC, they're trialling a system where players can be temporarily replaced while a player is assessed for signs of concussion. Nothing's happened yet, but it seems a matter of time until a team takes advantage of this to get a player a breather/sub a player back on, the same way the blood sub rules were taken advantage of.</p><p></p><p>But yes. It is a serious concern, if not quite as big in American Football.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 511112, member: 42330"] The concern over concussion is nearly as big here. We don't have any suings, or post-mortems yet, but we are very much aware that it's doing damage - and possibly more than acceptable. A great deal of the problem is that the vast majority of cases go unreported. I think one pro player reckoned he'd had 40 or 50 of them and reported about 4. Even when they are reported, they aren't taken as seriously as you like. We recently changed from minimum rest periods to cognition tests, to be more accurate. Great, until you consider pro players routinely underperform so they can get back into action quicker. So there are steps to solve it underway, but the problem is every step forwards is met by players and coaches who are desperate to win and cunning about it. An example is that in the JWC, they're trialling a system where players can be temporarily replaced while a player is assessed for signs of concussion. Nothing's happened yet, but it seems a matter of time until a team takes advantage of this to get a player a breather/sub a player back on, the same way the blood sub rules were taken advantage of. But yes. It is a serious concern, if not quite as big in American Football. [/QUOTE]
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