Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
With a billion dollar brain injury law suit sitting there, if the AFEL don’t send a brutal message to everyone then they are truly dumb. This will be used as evidence as it is in the case, but the AFEL need to show they are not complicit in it. I’m thinking deregistering the doctor’s AFEL accreditation and a $500,000 fine (50% suspended) in bringing the game into disrepute. I’d also hit Hinkley with some sort of a sanction too to send a message to coaches that they need to be even more forceful in similar circumstances, not just take the initial word of the doctor.
I can’t believe Port would expose themselves legally and the AFEL with such absolute recklessness. They’re literally under the microscope if an army of lawyers and then they, on national tv, demonstrate the exact sports medical malpractice being claimed/alleged they’ve been guilty of. The lawyers on the players side couldn’t have wished for a such a smoking gun being served on a platter.
Plus WorkSafe SA should have a look at it too. What’s the point of specific industry OH&S safety protections if Port decide they don’t want to adhere to them?