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If you don't like the proposed concussion sub, and I don't either, then that's fine. But you're being deliberately obtuse saying the long term effects of a bad ACL or foot or groin are anywhere near as severe as the long term effects of multiple concussions. You only need to look at Greg Williams to see this. Jack Trengove's football career has been impacted by his foot issues. Thankfully, he has retained his mental capacity and will be able to re-train for pretty much any other job he wants after footy.
Well I guess it wouldn't be a topical discussion on the Dees board without you posting something completely daft and irrelevant that no one here is actually arguing. Where have I talked about the severity of concussion issues? We were talking permanent / long-term injury effects so I brought up other things people can do on the football field aside from concussions - because that's what we're talking about; a silly idea to have a concussion sub. If you want to restrict the spectrum of injuries down to purely neurological issues, then congratulations, concussion / head knocks are the only thing that matters because that's where you've just moved the goal posts to.
If you're not arguing that the concussion sub is a good idea, then what the * are you on about? Because that's what we're talking about. What are you proposing?? The AFL has a concussion test. If a player gets a head knock and fails it, he's out of the game. If he passes, then... you're going to sub him out of the game at 3/4 time as a precautionary measure despite the fact that he has passed the standard test? Does he play on until 3/4 time or does he just come off, in which case pretty much any head knock then spells the end of a player's game... unless... he's the second player to get a head knock, so he'll probably play on because there's only one concussion sub. Meanwhile, the other team are one short but can't use their sub because a player broke his leg, and well boo hoo sucks for them because it's not a concussion. So the only time the concussion sub would really come into play is if someone fails the concussion test and the sub gets to run out for a 1/4, but that does nothing to stop concussions because the player is already concussed and was never coming back out to begin with because they failed the AFL's standard concussion test. So, at the end of the day, all you have is a rule that allows for a substitute for a quarter of the game for one type of injury... which is ******* stupid, which is what we're talking about. What are you talking about? How concussions can be debilitating despite the fact no one here has argued against it.
If you're going to tilt at windmills, fine, but dislodge the rocks from your head before you tell other people they're being "deliberately obtuse".