Players weights to no longer be disclosed

[Mich0]

Kornes just said that AFL are banning the disclosure of players weights.

So commentators or spectators will no longer be able to tell the difference in weight between say a Jefferson and a Curnow anymore.

Would AFL be the first sport globally to come up with this soft s**t?

 

[Quivorir]

Will the MRO be allowed to use weight when deciding a player should be suspended for a tackle or not?

 

[Malifice]

Stewart Dew likes this.

 

[Jupes]

wtf?

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Height too?

May as well, height is kind of irrelevant without weight

Should keep the scores secret too, can't have any losers out there

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[Golumless]

Fair enough. It is clutter on a team list at the best of times, seeing you can see what kind of nick someone is in by looking at them. Equally it's not going to stop the clubs from saying "X put on 5-8 kg of muscle".

 

[Golumless]

Height too?

May as well, height is kind of irrelevant without weight

Should keep the scores secret too, can't have any losers out there

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Nah, height is still relevant without weight seeing a fair few positions are height dependent. I.e. you won't get a 195 cm small forward, as much as you wouldn't get a 178 cm ruck.

 

[The 747]

Waiting for it.......

 

[Makeshift Park]

“The world has gone so soft”: AFL to no longer reveal player weights, declares it inappropriate

“They’ve decided in this day and age it is inappropriate for weights to public matter.”

www.sen.com.au

Hopefully the clubs keep putting it on their websites.

 

[WatWouldCyrilDo]

Who really cares about players weights? Should we have their IQ and the size of their wang up as well?

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Stewart Dew likes this.

McGovern will also be happy.

 

[undefined]

The AFL needs to shift its headquarters away from the Socialist Hellscape of Victoria as a matter of urgency. /s

 

[Makeshift Park]

Who really cares about players weights? Should we have their IQ and the size of their wang up as well?

It is a handy objective measure to help gauge how far rookies’ bodies are from being able to withstand the rigours of afl level footy.

 

[Malifice]

McGovern will also be happy.

As will his local KFC.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Who really cares about players weights? Should we have their IQ and the size of their wang up as well?

Weight is a factor in the game, IQ and wang size are not, pretty simple

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[rye]

Kornes just said that AFL are banning the disclosure of players weights.

So commentators or spectators will no longer be able to tell the difference in weight between say a Jefferson and a Curnow anymore.

Would AFL be the first sport globally to come up with this soft s**t?

presumably you have a pair of eyes. use them

 

[Teagueeee15]

It is a handy objective measure to help gauge how far rookies’ bodies are from being able to withstand the rigours of afl level footy.

Also if somebody like a key defender goes down with injury during a game or is a late withdrawal and you check to see who may have the size to fill in.

 

[Makeshift Park]

I do find it a bit odd that someone would voluntarily submit themselves to getting pounded into their 90kg+ peers and the dirt for a living, but shy away from their weight being public knowledge.

 

[Hamingja]

Would AFL be the first sport globally to come up with this soft s**t?

Tennis removed it after everyone mocked Serena Williams being listed at 65kg.

 

[hawkman]

Half the weights aren't updated often anyway

 

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[Gavin Excell]

Has Dutton become aware of this?

 

[Mofra]

Nah, height is still relevant without weight seeing a fair few positions are height dependent. I.e. you won't get a 195 cm small forward, as much as you wouldn't get a 178 cm ruck.

Bevo has entered the chat...

 

[Mofra]

As long as we get their star signs, then we'll be ok.

"He can't play full back, you can't trust a Sagittarius in a zone defence"

 

[Corn Cobbers]

All they've done is create a black market for player weight information

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