Strahany
Premiership Player
With the AFL gaining greater insight into the issues surrounding concussion, would you expect to see any form of compensation for teams that have players retire early due to concussion (or other injuries)?
I can see the AFL having some sort of system in place for concussions, so as to give the impression they’re not forcing players to play, by proxy, via the club (i.e the club knows they’ll get a compensation pick for losing a player, so won’t try to keep their career going).
Would you support this?
Would you support any similar system for other early retirements (beyond a certain threshold)?
The AFL certainly has incentive to step in, so as to ensure any given team isn’t crippled for multiple years due to some bad luck, but it would be hard to get the other teams to agree.
I can see the AFL having some sort of system in place for concussions, so as to give the impression they’re not forcing players to play, by proxy, via the club (i.e the club knows they’ll get a compensation pick for losing a player, so won’t try to keep their career going).
Would you support this?
Would you support any similar system for other early retirements (beyond a certain threshold)?
The AFL certainly has incentive to step in, so as to ensure any given team isn’t crippled for multiple years due to some bad luck, but it would be hard to get the other teams to agree.