Cody Head Knock

[bulldogtragic]

Club are saying it’s a head knock and NOT concussion. So no mandatory week off. AFEL signed off on this hair splitting early this year not enforcing the week for a Head knock.

Welcome to your first prelim Cody.

[josie]

You little ripper!! Didn’t think my night could get better & it did with that news - thankyou Bulldogtragic.

[divvydan]

So, how exactly does a "head knock" not be concussion and yet still require the player to be subbed out? I get we're trying to do everything we can to have everyone available but I really hope we're not covering up concussion.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Any word on Bont?
I saw him go down, right in front of me, and my immediate thought was he'd done his knee?

[josie]

So, how exactly does a "head knock" not be concussion and yet still require the player to be subbed out? I get we're trying to do everything we can to have everyone available but I really hope we're not covering up concussion.

I have confidence in our medical staff. Guessing he passed the Q & A test but they decided to rest him to be really cautious. No doubt the relevant video footage will be analysed by all & sundry during the week.

[Testekill]

Any word on Bont?
I saw him go down, right in front of me, and my immediate thought was he'd done his knee?

He pointed to his shin on the bench, hopefully it was a corky and it was a precaution.

[divvydan]

In his post match interview, Bont said the testing they did came up clear and he's confident of being available. I suspect he'll still get some scans to be sure but he was certainly positive.

[EasternWest]

The ticker tape under Bevo said he'll miss next week. I don't know who to believe.

[Topdog]

AFEL signed off on this hair splitting early this year not enforcing the week for a Head knock.

Which game/player was this?

[azabob]

Which game/player was this?

Collingwood players were involved

[bulldogtragic]

Which game/player was this?

A Collingwood player in Round 2 I think it was. Watching Fox, Eddie was across it as was Tom Morris.

[bulldogtragic]

So, how exactly does a "head knock" not be concussion and yet still require the player to be subbed out? I get we're trying to do everything we can to have everyone available but I really hope we're not covering up concussion.

All you can do is trust the medicos. Cody looked bloody good after the game, not that necessarily means anything. If our docs who swear to do no harm to their patients say it’s a head knock and not concussion. I’m happy to trust them.

[jeemak]

So this is where the rule is silly, because it should either be concussion protocol or not.

Leave it in the hands of the medicos, move on.

I've done some silly things concussed and close to concussed, or recovering from concussion, but we know too much now for ambiguity to play a part and we should use that knowledge to take things out of the hands of players and interested parties. The brain is too important.

[Topdog]

So this is where the rule is silly, because it should either be concussion protocol or not.

Leave it in the hands of the medicos, move on.

I've done some silly things concussed and close to concussed, or recovering from concussion, but we know too much now for ambiguity to play a part and we should use that knowledge to take things out of the hands of players and interested parties. The brain is too important.

No one has said that he had concussion at any time and given the dogs history with concussion I'm comfortable trusting our medicos if they say it wasn't concussion

[azabob]

Beveridge pretty much said Weightman won’t be playing. Hopefully he misspoke