Why Eddie isn't scared of AFL's $60m problem

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Former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has welcomed quality of a people enactment by erstwhile AFL and AFLW players over the interaction of concussion.

Melbourne steadfast Margalit Injury Lawyers is taking enactment successful the Supreme Court connected behalf of the players, implicit concerns galore volition make chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

Former St Kilda skipper Danny Frawley, who died successful 2019 astatine the property of 56, was recovered to person signifier 2 CTE, portion the legendary Graham 'Polly' Farmer was recovered to person signifier 3 CTE aft his decease aboriginal that aforesaid year.

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Speaking connected Nine's Today, McGuire said it's clip for the crippled to judge that concussion needs to beryllium dealt with.

"The mentation backmost successful the time was immoderate wounded supra the shoulders didn't count," helium said.

"That was what it was, it was a trial of your intelligence strength. Then you person the different situation, are their manner issues with definite athletes that mitigate against their recovery? Drugs, alcohol, each that benignant of thing.

"We cognize that boxers astir apt get much caput injuries sparring than they bash successful the ring.

"So it is simply a bully thing. We request to look aft radical who've been wounded successful these situations.

"I don't deliberation anyone should beryllium frightened of this. It's bully that there's a people action. Now lets enactment done it."

Margalit Injury Lawyers managing main Michel Margalit told News Corp erstwhile players with CTE could beryllium awarded much than $2 cardinal each. The steadfast already represents 30 erstwhile players.

"It is clip for the AFL to beryllium held accountable," she said.

"For excessively agelong these radical person felt they person had nary avenues for redress and they person not been decently understood oregon heard.

"It is present a substance of when, not if."

McGuire said AFL is not the lone athletics facing this issue.

"World athletics has seen it coming, we've seen the investigations into whether the heading of the shot successful soccer, American gridiron, immoderate interaction sport, boxing. I don't deliberation there's immoderate surprise," helium said.

"I anticipation it gives the AFL an accidental to look astatine it. What bash we privation successful our game? Do we privation to person the carnal clashes? Is that portion of it? Do you motion up for that from the infinitesimal you propulsion the boots on?

"Also, however bash we look aft players whose lives person been changed irreparably due to the fact that of these caput injuries.

"There's truthful overmuch to this. Everyone wants to get to the bottommost of this."

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