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Re: Nick Malceski - Possible ACL
We can blame the injury on the NAB Cup all we like but to blame the CEO of the AFL for a competition that was in place well before he took control of the league is just taking out anger in the wrong place and on the wrong person.
Even if we got rid of the NAB Cup and extended the season to 26 - 30 matches (take your pick), the clubs themselves would still demand practice matches to get their players match practice for the home and away season and their would still be the risk of players doing their knees in meaningless matches before the start of the season.
Heck are we going to ban the reserves as well because a player coming back to fitness though the reserves does a knee in the middle of the season?? Do we ban training as well after the amount of cases of serious injuries happening during training??
Risk will always be around no matter the time of season and we have to live with that risk. Yes I don't like the NAB Cup either, but at the end of the day we are always going to have some form of practice matches before the season and the risk will always remain.
damn that andrew demietrou (spelling) and his stupid/pointless NAB CUP
Even if we got rid of the NAB Cup and extended the season to 26 - 30 matches (take your pick), the clubs themselves would still demand practice matches to get their players match practice for the home and away season and their would still be the risk of players doing their knees in meaningless matches before the start of the season.
Heck are we going to ban the reserves as well because a player coming back to fitness though the reserves does a knee in the middle of the season?? Do we ban training as well after the amount of cases of serious injuries happening during training??
Risk will always be around no matter the time of season and we have to live with that risk. Yes I don't like the NAB Cup either, but at the end of the day we are always going to have some form of practice matches before the season and the risk will always remain.

