The world has gone so soft: AFL to no longer reveal player weights, declares it inappropriate

[Axe Man]

I hear BAD is planning to storm AFL House.

"THE WORLD HAS GONE SO SOFT": AFL TO NO LONGER REVEAL PLAYER WEIGHTS, DECLARES IT INAPPROPRIATE

The AFL has deemed revealing player weights as inappropriate, meaning for the first time in its history, the AFL Season Guide has been printed without the information.

Kane Cornes revealed the development on Friday, slamming the call and saying a player?s body is their job and therefore the information is of public interest.

?Remember in 2021 the AFL banned perspective draftees from getting their skinfolds done at the draft combine for mental health reasons and treading carefully with the younger generation,? Cornes told SEN Afternoons.

?That was scrapped much to the disgust of many club recruiters.

?I can reveal to you this afternoon that the AFL Season Guide is out ? the AFL has stopped including player weight.

?Can you believe it? I was alerted to this yesterday ? if you get your book and you want to look up what Jordan De Goey weighs, you will no longer be able to find it.

?The world has gone so soft. I can?t believe it.

?You?re a professional athlete. You?re not an influencer on social media. Any other sport I can look that up. I can tell you Travis Kelce was 113kg. His quarterback Patrick Mahomes weighs 102kg.

?No longer in my role as a commentator can I say Jake Lever is playing on Charlie Curnow, Curnow has an 8kg advantage ? he should take him deep to the goal square.

?I can?t do that anymore because the AFL have said that we are that soft that we can?t include player weights in the Season Guide. I don?t know where this is going to lead to.

?Are they going to ban us from knowing that Caleb Daniel is 168cm? He could easily be offended by being one of the shortest players in the game.?

Editor of the AFL Record and the AFL Season Guide Ash Browne confirmed the change was a league directive.

?Yeah it?s true. It?s a new AFL policy to not reveal player weights ? I?m just a messenger here, by the way. This was an AFL decision,? Browne said.

?They?ve decided in this day and age it is inappropriate for weights to public matter, in a publication like the Season Guide.

?They would say that people support that it?s not appropriate to publish weights and that it?s private information now.?

After hearing Browne's confirmation, Cornes added: ?They?re not accountants, they?re not nurses, they?re not lawyers ? they?re professional athletes where your body is your job for goodness sake.?

[bornadog]

I am on the way to AFL House now

What the hell is wrong with the world. The babies are taking over. Bring back Gil

[mjp]

This has been a AFLPA issue for a while.

[hujsh]

This has been a AFLPA issue for a while.

Do you know what their (AFLPA) reasoning is? It's easy to go all Kane and reflexively declare it being soft or whatever but I'd be surprised if there isn't some valid reason to stop publishing that information.

[jDogs]

So it's just in the guide for the public? Not a massive deal for me. But I'm just learning about the skin folds ban for draft combine players... now THAT seems nuts.

[mjp]

Do you know what their (AFLPA) reasoning is? It's easy to go all Kane and reflexively declare it being soft or whatever but I'd be surprised if there isn't some valid reason to stop publishing that information.

How do I say this without saying it?

There has been some pretty bad stuff on socials about some AFL players who aren't full-time athletes and are impacted by the same policies.

[azabob]

How do I say this without saying it?

There has been some pretty bad stuff on socials about some AFL players who aren't full-time athletes and are impacted by the same policies.

Tom Boyd also experienced some pretty bad stuff in club land in under age footy, at the Giants and the Dogs... the footy club is supposed to be a safe place.

[Axe Man]

How do I say this without saying it?

There has been some pretty bad stuff on socials about some AFL players who aren't full-time athletes and are impacted by the same policies.

I totally get it for AFLW and I wouldn't have thought their weights would ever have been disclosed.

For the AFL it seems over the top.

[mjp]

I totally get it for AFLW and I wouldn't have thought their weights would ever have been disclosed.

For the AFL it seems over the top.

Good for the goose = good for the gander. ONE CBA.

[Grantysghost]

I'm with Kane, can't believe I'm saying that. These are professional athletes ffs. If it's about the women then say that (afl) , we are mature enough to deal with it... crikey it's really amateur hour.

What will it stop anyway, arse holes have eyes.

[mjp]

If it's about the women then say that.

You can't. Because that will unleash a new broadside aimed at the girls.

Why do we care anyway? Maybe Kane should create a 'who can squat what weight' database and that way he could say:

"Charlie Curnow can squat 9% more than Jake Lever...he should take him to the goal-square"...

OR, probably with more relevance he could say "Based on my 300-games of experience, I would really encourage Michael Voss to send Charlie Curnow to the goal-square. Why would he play Lever in space? He's got a clear size advantage...".

This is really not that big a deal is it?

[bornadog]

This is really not that big a deal is it?

Not at all.

[MrMahatma]

Can't recall ever looking up a player's weight, or ever wondering what a player weighs... or thinking about it at all.

Height... well, that's a different story!

[Grantysghost]

You can't. Because that will unleash a new broadside aimed at the girls.

Why do we care anyway? Maybe Kane should create a 'who can squat what weight' database and that way he could say:

"Charlie Curnow can squat 9% more than Jake Lever...he should take him to the goal-square"...

OR, probably with more relevance he could say "Based on my 300-games of experience, I would really encourage Michael Voss to send Charlie Curnow to the goal-square. Why would he play Lever in space? He's got a clear size advantage...".

This is really not that big a deal is it?

Im a bit of a stats nuffy so I like all the info. Is a big deal? Not really, however if we are doing it to protect the women from a few internet trolls it's a ridiculous precedent imo.
Haters are going to hate. They don't need the stats to do that, they'll use photos or their eyes.

It's more about being seen to do the right thing than actually caring about fixing the root cause which is a bigger more difficult conversation.

Can we talk about height? Caleb is probably sick of being reminded every two seconds he's short.

[mighty_west]

As a supporter i couldn't care less, we can all see the majority of draftees need to put size on, whilst a few may need to lose some puppy fat, but to me that's all for the fitness staff and club to sort out, we can see Darcy put on size from the past two seasons, do we really need the numbers to tell us?

Height is probably a little different but even still, that can be overrated greatly too, just because player A is 198cm, doesn't make him necessarily better than player B at 194cm.