{"id":373001,"date":"2024-03-05T02:58:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T03:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=373001"},"modified":"2024-03-05T06:04:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T06:04:43","slug":"afl-cracks-down-on-ridiculous-injury-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=373001","title":{"rendered":"AFL cracks down on 'ridiculous' injury reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"

T\ufeffhe AFL<\/a> will crack down on clubs who do not announce a player's specific injury return timeline to the public.<\/p>\n

The change to the league's ruling comes after sides like Geelong<\/a>, Essendon<\/a> and Richmond<\/a> came under fire during the 2023 season for not specifying timelines for when players would likely be available for senior selection.<\/p>\n

The use of wording like short, medium or long term to describe an injury will no longer be acceptable\ufeff in 2024.<\/p>\n

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"It is not permissible to provide general availability windows, ie. short term, medium term, long term," the AFL confirmed in its 2024 policy.<\/p>\n

Geelong landed in hot water last season with a plethora of injuries cryptically detailed via the club's weekly injury updates, sent to media, club members and published on the website.<\/p>\n

\"Tyson<\/p>\n

Small forward Tyson Stengle suffered a fractured left wrist in round five last year\ufeff<\/a>, with Geelong ruling him out for the "medium term".<\/p>\n

In the same game, ruckman Rhys Stanley fractured his eye socket<\/a>, with his injury also labelled "medium term".\ufeff<\/p>\n

However, Stengle returned in round 10, while Stanley came back in round 15.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Captain Patrick Dangerfield<\/a> also missed the same amount of time as Stengle, five weeks, but his hamstring strain was labelled "short term".<\/p>\n

\"Cam<\/p>\n

In February, star Cats premiership midfielder Cam Guthrie suffered a quad tendon injury<\/a> in the opening seconds of their practice clash against Carlton, with the club immediately clearing up speculation of how long he'd be sidelined for.<\/p>\n

Geelong followed the new ruling, confirming just days after Guthrie was injured that he would miss up to 10 weeks.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Last season, North Melbourne champion David King blasted Geelong's perplexing injury listing.<\/p>\n

"They want to massage the truth with all sorts of reporting, they don't want to give up any extra information to opposition clubs, which is ridiculous," King said on SEN Radio in 2023.<\/p>\n

\"Cats<\/p>\n

"At the end of the day, the fans pay the price for that.<\/p>\n

"The Geelong injury list is just ridiculous. The short term, medium term and long term. It's always been 1-2 weeks, 3-4 weeks and five plus.\ufeff"<\/p>\n

The new AFL ruling comes after the league made a large list of changes in the off season<\/a>, including the banning of whistling from the bench.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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