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- Essential strength: 5 powerful exercises to become a stronger <span class="highlight">AFL player</span>
- (Lifestyle)
- Created on 15 December 2021
- AFL is an incredible - albeit complex - sport. To become a standout player, you need the optimal combination of skill, strength and agility, as you duck and weave around the opposition to win the ...
- The AFL’s illicit drug policy is under fire but the bigger issue is that not all sports have one
- (World)
- Created on 28 June 2024
- ... generally. However, SIA felt it was not within its purview to endorse a particular strategy, which it said was a matter for the AFL and the AFL Players’ Association. After all, SIA acknowledged, the ...
- new Australian sports chair Kate Jenkins faces challenges and opportunities
- (World)
- Created on 28 May 2024
- ... $46,000, with the average wage recently rising to $89,211[15]. In contrast, male national cricketers earn on average $951,000, while male AFL players earn an average $450,000.[16][17] Jenkins, previously ...
- We’ve come a long way on gender diversity but what about class? How networks of private school privilege dominate Australian society
- (World)
- Created on 23 May 2024
- ... alone (fees A$35,746 annually in Year 12 at the time of writing) was the source of 19 AFL players in the league. Haileybury (A$35,920 at the time of writing) supplied 20 players. ...
- Sports are supposed to be for all – but new research reveals just how few LGBTQI+ people play sport
- (World)
- Created on 16 May 2024
- The topic of homophobia in sport has recently made headlines in Australia, with a series of homophobic incidents involving men’s AFL players. These homophobic incidents are usually well-reported in news ...
- What is the process of an athlete being ‘medically retired’ due to concussion?
- (World)
- Created on 13 May 2024
- ... According to the AFL Players’ Association (AFLPA), the average length of a footballer’s professional career is less than six years[7]. So in terms of financial rewards and sponsorship opportunities, ...
- Does the AFL ban on skinfold testing avoid fat shaming – or has footy ‘gone soft’?
- (World)
- Created on 30 April 2024
- ... … they [skinfold tests] are such a minor thing, to take them away seems ludicrous.” So is this a sign AFL players have “gone soft”, or is there good reason for it? Player weights – public or private? ...
- Are 2 mid-career AFL retirements a sign Australian athletes are taking brain health more seriously?
- (World)
- Created on 19 April 2024
- This week, Collingwood AFL player Nathan Murphy announced his retirement, brought on by his concussion history and ongoing issues. The 24-year-old’s seemingly sudden retirement, following Angus Brayshaw’s ...
- Darwin Dingoes, Canberra Capitals, Cairns Crocodiles? Weighing up the options for the AFL’s 20th team
- (World)
- Created on 15 April 2024
- ... By contrast ACT is 6th, but still ahead of Queensland and NSW in terms of the kids participation rates. At AFL level, the NT produces 56 elite AFL players per million people with only Victoria and ...
- Will introducing independent doctors at games help the AFL tackle its concussion problem?
- (World)
- Created on 08 April 2024
- ... head injuries.” The announcement came after recommendations of a coronial inquiry into the death of former AFL player Shane Tuck, who... The Australian Football League (AFL) recently announced[1] ...
- Protection racket or fair medical model? Why the AFL’s illicit drugs policy is a necessary duty of care
- (World)
- Created on 28 March 2024
- ... or third strike will be named publicly, fined, and miss games. [11] The illicit drug policy is made possible because the AFL Players Association[12] – like their equivalents in the NRL, cricket, and ...
- Dreading footy season? You’re not alone – 20% of Australians are self-described sport haters
- (World)
- Created on 05 March 2024
- ShutterstockWith the winter AFL and NRL seasons about to start, Australia’s sporting calendar is once again transitioning from its quietest to busiest period. For many, the return of the AFL and NRL competitions ...
- The failed referendum is a political disaster, but opportunity exists for those brave and willing to embrace it
- (World)
- Created on 14 October 2023
- ... elicited strong rejections from mainstream Australians who have preferred to see racist events – the Northern Territory Intervention[5], the 2005 Cronulla riots[6], the booing of AFL player Adam Goodes[7] ...
- Langton and Price fight with passion and gloves off for beliefs
- (World)
- Created on 14 September 2023
- ... referendums. Former AFL player Michael Long, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, First Nations artist Merryn Apma-Daley and Senator Malarndirri McCarthy in Canberra on Thursday morning. Mick Tsikas/AAP To ...
- the AFL turns away from truth-telling again, ending Hawthorn investigation
- (World)
- Created on 01 June 2023
- ... regarding past and present racism. What’s clearly needed is for the AFL to engage in a full process of truth-telling. The AFL Players Association is the most recent group to note that the AFL’s investigation ...
- The AFL needs real cultural change. Can the new chief deliver it?
- (World)
- Created on 03 May 2023
- ... last September. And last month, in a span of less than 24 hours[23], racial and homophobic abuse was directed at four separate AFL players. While the outgoing AFL chief executive, Gillon McLachlan, ...
- Why sports stars get less support than other injured workers – and how we can fix it
- (Business News)
- Created on 20 March 2023
- ... means they don’t adequately support the treatment of injuries that become evident years after the athlete’s career ends. There are many stories[9] of former AFL players and players in other leagues who ...
- Why sports stars get less support than other injured workers – and how we can fix it
- (World)
- Created on 20 March 2023
- ... means they don’t adequately support the treatment of injuries that become evident years after the athlete’s career ends. There are many stories[9] of former AFL players and players in other leagues who ...
- How the push to end tobacco advertising in the 1970s could be used to curb gambling ads today
- (World)
- Created on 06 March 2023
- Julian Smith/AAPIf you think you are seeing a lot more gambling ads on television and online platforms, you are not imagining it. They are so common that high-profile AFL players have refused to participate ...
- As the 2022 AFLM season comes to a close, the game must ask itself some difficult questions – especially on racism
- (World)
- Created on 22 September 2022
- ... football were somehow different from those suffered in American football. More recently, they have hindered research[23] into head injuries suffered by AFL players. Geelong’s captain in Saturday’s grand ...
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