AFL accused of failing to protect players from concussion in submission to parliament
by Henry Belot from World news | The Guardian on (#680JK)
Player agent Peter Jess lists 32 AFL players that have retired with some form of brain trauma injury since 2009
Veteran sports agent and long-term concussion campaigner, Peter Jess, will present a list of 32 AFL players that have retired with some form of brain trauma injury since 2009 to a federal parliamentary inquiry.
In his submission, which is yet to be lodged, Jess accuses the AFL of downplaying the serious risks of long-term injury, of failing to protect players and of being too slow to adopt new concussion-detecting technology.
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