Wonder what the next " duty of care " lawsuit will be in the pipeline for Jess n his associates after they've finished dealing with the mega millions concussion claims they're chasing at the moment?
Panthera Tigris said:I think that is a well balanced post that i agree with. However the point about anatomy being different. Don't expect it to be widely acknowledged
tigerlove said:It's being widely acknowledged. Whether some choose to ignore the evidence or use it for some sort of misogyny argument is up to them but there have already been 4 ACLs up to the commencement of Round 2 in AFLW. It is a very serious concern.
TigerMasochist said:Wonder what the next " duty of care " lawsuit will be in the pipeline for Jess n his associates after they've finished dealing with the mega millions concussion claims they're chasing at the moment?
The Big Richo said:There's no real evidence to suggest anything physiological between men and women. Women's numbers are skewed by netball, which is a horrible sport for knees.
tigerlove said:Report also says this:
Shoulder injuries (3.23 in both seasons per 1000 player hours) and elbow/wrist and hand injuries (up from zero in 2017 to 3.23 in 2018 per 1000 hours) also featured in the data.
So looking at all that data, last year 3.23 shoulder injuries + 3.2 elbow/wrist injuries + 6.47 ACLs + 3.2 concussions = 16.1 injuries per 1000 hours of footy played - doesn't take into account other types of injuries. 36 players on a field at any one time, I think they play 15 minute quarters, that's 1 hour x 36 players = 36 hours. Every 1 game of footy (36 hours) of footy there's well over half a serious injury per game (36 / 1000 * 16.1), so in effect more than one serious injury every two games. An ACL injury occurred on average, in 2018, once every 4 games of footy. Unbelievably high.
I put it partly down to women not knowing how to protect themselves in the contest and having poor AFL peripheral vision atm. Remember many have come from other sports to play. The other part is anatomy. Things can be done to improve both areas to make players less susceptible to injury but right now it really is way to high. If that level of injury was experienced at AFL level there'd be a royal commission.
The Big Richo said:ACL injuries are also on a decline in AFL players which makes the comparison a bit skewed.
TigerForce said:Isn't this what I said last year about Varcoe's sister and got whacked by some??
tigerlove said:It's pretty clear when watching AFLW games that this is the case. Obviously it's a generalisation but it stands out like dogs balls how many players with the ball just don't peripherally see whatsoever an opponent coming at them. If you don't brace for the potential impact or act to lessen the impact you are more likely to get hurt.
tigerlove said:It's pretty clear when watching AFLW games that this is the case. Obviously it's a generalisation but it stands out like dogs balls how many players with the ball just don't peripherally see whatsoever an opponent coming at them. If you don't brace for the potential impact or act to lessen the impact you are more likely to get hurt.
Sir said:This reminded me of a section in the 'infamous' book 'Men are from Mars - Women are from Venus':
Women look at the male body as much as men, but their field of vision is much wider and the fact that they have more cones in the retina than men allows women to perceive colors more accurately. In some case, the peripheral vision of some women can reach up to 180 °. Men have a more tunneled view, so a narrower but longer range (like binocular). It’s therefore easier to catch them when they stare at a woman. From here we can better understand why for the man he always hides everything to his woman !. The man, having a tunnel vision, in the fridge, for example, does not see the butter in front of him unless the word butter is clearly written in huge characters. This is because He simply locates the long-range objects betters. The male view is arranged for long distances.
Food for thought :rofl :rofl :rofl
Don't even need an operation to change your birth certificate and hence, obviously your peripheral vision. Simply subjectively feeling female is enough.LeeToRainesToRoach said:Does your peripheral vision improve if you have an operation and change your birth certificate?
gutfull said:Is the season over yet ?
gutfull said:Is the season over yet ?
se7en said:Not yet.
But looking forward to the DVD’s.