{"id":421402,"date":"2024-09-11T02:39:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T02:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=421402"},"modified":"2024-09-11T04:08:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T04:08:37","slug":"petracca-investigation-to-give-lessons-to-clubs-afl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=421402","title":{"rendered":"Petracca investigation to give 'lessons' to clubs, AFL"},"content":{"rendered":"

AFL Players' Association CEO Paul Marsh has clarified that the body's investigation into the handling of Melbourne<\/a> midfielder Christian Petracca<\/a>'s life-threatening injuries in round 13 was initiated to help the industry improve going forward.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Marsh announced that the AFLPA would open a new investigation<\/a> into the club's response to Petracca's season-ending injuries after he returned to the field during the match.<\/p>\n

\ufeffPetracca was hospitalised after undergoing surgery to repair four broken ribs, a lacerated spleen and a punctured lung<\/a> following an incident during the Demons' 38-point loss to the Pies.<\/p>\n

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The internal injuries ended Petracca's season with potential mismanagement fueling dissatisfaction from the 28-year-old and his family.<\/p>\n

As a result, Petracca was reportedly seeking a trade away from the Demons<\/a> but a move this off-season has since been ruled out.<\/p>\n

While \ufeffthe probe into the Demons has been labelled an investigation, Marsh stated that its intention is simply to understand what happened from all parties involved.<\/p>\n

"I think maybe I'll just start with the word investigation. We're not an investigative body," Marsh told SEN Breakfast<\/em> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

"I think that's been overplayed in terms of the role we might be playing, but in terms of trying to understand what's happened here \u2026 we've got a duty to try to make the game as safe as possible for our players and we work in conjunction with the AFL and the clubs on that.<\/p>\n

"We're trying to understand what happened here to Christian and what we can learn from this moving forward, that is really what this is about.<\/p>\n

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"I think, from our perspective, it's about gathering the information from all sides, it's not just hearing it from one side.<\/p>\n

"It's if this were to happen again, what are the lessons and what are the improvements that the industry could make?"<\/p>\n

The AFL has already cleared Melbourne of any wrongdoing and is satisfied that everything was handled correctly.<\/p>\n

Because of this,\ufeff Marsh hopes that all involved are forthcoming with information.<\/p>\n

"I guess we'll see how it plays out, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't go down a path of trying to understand what happened," he said.<\/p>\n

"The AFL has obviously come out and said that they've cleared Melbourne, we're trying to understand on what basis that's the case.<\/p>\n

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"We are concerned about how this has played out from a player's perspective, and I think on face value, we all should be concerned about what nearly happened here.<\/p>\n

"What can we learn from this? We're not baying for blood here.<\/p>\n

"What we're trying to do is understand what happened \u2026 we have to learn from these things because it's a high-risk sport at times.<\/p>\n

"I think we've got to make sure that the medical support that sits around the players is as good as it can possibly be."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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