Concussion rule

[Greystache]

He should have been done for malpractice on Saturday night.

If you think the coaches aren't making the decisions for them you're delirious.

Richmond's best player subbed at quarter time due to a concussion, obviously it would've been the coaches decision not the doctor's.

[LostDoggy]

Is this concussion rule a lightning rod? Seems to have been a lot more concussions have been reported in the first two rounds of this year than usual.

I still don't understand the sub rule. If you have to nominate only a single player as a sub, how can it help but become tactical? And unless you're really lucky, it still disadvantages a team when someone gets injured or concussed: for example, if a ruck is named as a sub, and a backman is injured, the ruck comes on and the team is a backman short. One of the key justifications for the sub rule (other than to slow the game down) was to reduce the disadvantage to the team suffering an early injury. Surely then you would have a range of subs available to cover a variety of positions, easiest thing to legislate would be just to have all your emergencies as potential subs.

This has been a cock-up of quite magnificent proportions, almost as big as the complete confusion around however the rushed behind rule has been worded.

[azabob]

Is this concussion rule a lightning rod? Seems to have been a lot more concussions have been reported in the first two rounds of this year than usual.

I still don't understand the sub rule. If you have to nominate only a single player as a sub, how can it help but become tactical? And unless you're really lucky, it still disadvantages a team when someone gets injured or concussed: for example, if a ruck is named as a sub, and a backman is injured, the ruck comes on and the team is a backman short. One of the key justifications for the sub rule (other than to slow the game down) was to reduce the disadvantage to the team suffering an early injury. Surely then you would have a range of subs available to cover a variety of positions, easiest thing to legislate would be just to have all your emergencies as potential subs.

This has been a cock-up of quite magnificent proportions, almost as big as the complete confusion around however the rushed behind rule has been worded.

Has been reported in today's AGE that J.Brown was in favour of the rule before the season started but after Brisbane's round one game he now doesn't like it.

In the 3rd quarter Beams got subbed off and then brisbane copped 3 injuries, Brown, Clark and Staker all game ending injuries so in theory they were down to nil on the bench except for the sub Beams who was fully fit and ready to go, but couldn't. No surprise Freo ran over the top of them.

[ledge]

Does this automatically rule Jack out for next weeks game?

[azabob]

Does this automatically rule Jack out for next weeks game?

Apparently not. Richmond have released a statement saying he has pulled up well and will play next week.

[soupman]

Is this concussion rule a lightning rod? Seems to have been a lot more concussions have been reported in the first two rounds of this year than usual.

I still don't understand the sub rule. If you have to nominate only a single player as a sub, how can it help but become tactical? And unless you're really lucky, it still disadvantages a team when someone gets injured or concussed: for example, if a ruck is named as a sub, and a backman is injured, the ruck comes on and the team is a backman short. One of the key justifications for the sub rule (other than to slow the game down) was to reduce the disadvantage to the team suffering an early injury. Surely then you would have a range of subs available to cover a variety of positions, easiest thing to legislate would be just to have all your emergencies as potential subs.
This has been a cock-up of quite magnificent proportions, almost as big as the complete confusion around however the rushed behind rule has been worded.

Creates too many issues regarding whether these players get sufficient match practice, player payments, etc.