Violence on the football field

August 5th saw an AFL player receive a broken jaw and teeth in an onfield incident.

These conflicts occasionally happen and there are no winners.

Question: Has the efficacy of mouth-guards been tested adequately. Obviously in the current incident, the technology is not adequate. Do our footballers need to wear mouth-guards that we normally expect a boxer to wear?

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Rob, I imagine the players already wear good fitting mouth guards. I listen to the commentary on the games and am often surprised to learn that all these incidents are "accidental."

As the players develope their game skill level so too does their skill at causing "accidents" develope.

Or am I mistaken and the game is now played by more accident prone players?

  

I do not think there was anything accidental in yesterdays breaking of a jaw and three teeth dislodged.

No there wasnt in this case. It was a meaningful left hook landing flush. Not easy to do given the weight distribution. The sad part about growing in the real world, unlike school, is getting the test before you get the lesson. At 18 he now knows that continual provocation can have consequences. An older, more experienced player may have seen it comming. 

IMO all this competitive   "sport"   are just a lot of thugs,  and competition seems to bring out the worst in some people why the hell can't they play the game/s and enjoy why does there have to be fights and punch-ups and abuse and drugs,  IMO just do your best and may the best man/woman win --   why take a bloody BALL so darn serious!

It sure gives poor example to the youngsters

... same rules should apply as if out on the street

..perhaps the penalty should be harsher if anything.

WHAT is happening to my beloved SAINTS,     they are not going well this year at all,   

This nasty person Andrew Gaff got off not being able to play 8 weeks of football ... the victim Angus Brayshaw has a broken jaw and and needs to have 5 teeth replaced.... how long is it going to be before he can play again ???

Andrew Gaff's actions were intentional ..he said he meant to hit him in the chest missed ...AFL should be banned of the TV.

think he has been expelled for the rest of the season SUZE,    poor BRAYSHAW ,  his mouth would be so sore,    said he couldnt even get his mouthguard out when it happened,     bad play,  

Andrew Gaff should be put in jail and banned from AFL for the rest of his life.

 

Have to say I agree.

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