Does anyone else fear for TPN's Brain?

[Inside Shoulder]

I've heard similar stories (and I'm sure someone else has mentioned it on one of these threads) about rugby league players 'throwing' their tests by deliberately reacting slowly so they can pass them later in the season after head knocks.

if they were smart enough to know the right answers preseason they'd be playing union.


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[Cutter]

I'm sure you know this, but it's about speed of response more than knowledge.

 

[MrTimms]

Threads merged.

 

[Braveheart81]

As a prescursor to the Four Corners story, they had a story on the JJJ current affairs program Hack yesterday with Al Baxter as one of the guests.

He spoke about his experience saying that he felt rugby, at least at a professional level dealt with the situation quite well by dealing with every incident on its merits. He said one of his concussions kept him out of the game for 6 weeks because the symptoms persisted each time he tried to train.

I guess as other people have said, the issue comes back to players faking their responses or playing down their symptoms so they can get back on the field quicker.

They also spoke to an AFL player agent who was interested in the subject and he was pushing for pre season scans of each player's brain so they could monitor players after injury and over the course of their careers.

I guess if you can do these scans by MRI then it is possible for players to have a lot of them as opposed to CT scans which use ionizing radiation and need to be kept to a minimum where possible.

 

[MrTimms]

Hopefully this links to the Hack show:

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Nope...

Find it here.
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/stories/

 

[p.Tah]

For those who are interetsed, the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) published an article on concussion in Australian football codes. It gives a bit more of a balanced view on a 'call for systematic and comprehensive investigation into the long-term effects of football-related head trauma'.

https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2012/196/9/need-tackle-concussion-australian-football-codes

 

[waratahjesus]

One thing I would like to see, in connection with four corners highlighting the issue and the subbies rugby rules of 3 weeks off or til cleared by a doctor is greater transparency of the issue, I'm fine if TPN or Hooper or Mumm are cleared they have access to greater medical help than an average player, but posting something about the injury and why they have been cleared on the teams website etc would allow the media to hopefully report parts of the information and make players more aware of the issue.

 

[Inside Shoulder]

One thing I would like to see, in connection with four corners highlighting the issue and the subbies rugby rules of 3 weeks off or til cleared by a doctor is greater transparency of the issue, I'm fine if TPN or Hooper or Mumm are cleared they have access to greater medical help than an average player, but posting something about the injury and why they have been cleared on the teams website etc would allow the media to hopefully report parts of the information and make players more aware of the issue.

I don't see why in this Medicare world they have access to better medicine but I do like your idea of somehow removing what I think is the stigma around head injuries so that kids grow up thinking there's nothing soft about missing games for a head injury just because you often don't feel the injury and you can't see it.


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[waratahjesus]

I don't see why in this Medicare world they have access to better medicine but I do like your idea of somehow removing what I think is the stigma around head injuries so that kids grow up thinking there's nothing soft about missing games for a head injury just because you often don't feel the injury and you can't see it.


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Was more referring to them being supplied medical care by the club as part of there job,while a club player who is knocked out but not taken to hospital, is far less likely to actually get scans, consults etc.