New research suggests non-professional sports players are not at risk of lifelong neurological damage from concussions, and that contact sports players perform better cognitively than the average person.
AFL players are hiding concussions because of a fear of missing games, with some even believing disclosing their head-knock symptoms could ultimately jeopardise their contracts, new survey reveals.
Leading sports neuroscientist Alan Pearce said the AFL’s move towards trialing helmets is one of the ‘dumbest’ moves made by the code, after research has repeatedly proven that ‘headgear doesn’t work’ when it comes to combating concussion.
The AFL will once again come under the spotlight for failing to punitively act on the play that ultimately forced the premature retirement of Melbourne Demons star Angus Brayshaw.
A new statement of claim in court case against AFL has detailed sickening knockouts suffered by its lead plaintiff.
Rugby league immortal Wally Lewis is the latest star on growing list of star footballers battling early on-set dementia because of head knocks.
NRL hero Robbie O’Davis, a dual Knights premiership hero who claimed the Clive Churchill Medal in 1997, says the noise in his head became too much.
The NRL’s concussion advisers Associate Professor Andrew Gardner and Professor Chris Levi say more research must be done to determine if head knocks and dementia are linked.
A rugby league superstar discovers the truth about what football has done to his brain – and faces up to deeply confronting questions about risk, reward, masculinity and responsibility.
In his rugby career Michael Lipman took head knocks in his stride. Now, aged 42 and suffering dementia, he’s paying a terrible price.
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