{"id":6437,"date":"2020-12-07T05:48:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T06:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=6437"},"modified":"2020-12-07T10:17:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T10:17:13","slug":"afl-great-reveals-leagues-significant-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=6437","title":{"rendered":"AFL great reveals league's 'significant problem'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes says the constant departures of doctors from AFL clubs looms as a "significant" problem for the competition.<\/p>\n

Cornes' comments came after a pair of Geelong doctors left the club on the eve of its pre-season campaign. <\/p>\n

According to Cornes, the AFL's cost cutting due to soft cap reductions is just one reason for the mass exodus of medical professionals from football clubs.<\/p>\n

"I reckon there's a significant problem coming for some AFL clubs and it's on the back of a well-documented story out of Geelong where Geelong club doctors Geoff Allen and Drew Slimmon are part of a wider trend across the competition where AFL doctors are leaving their footy clubs," Cornes told SEN SA Breakfast.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Kane<\/p>\n

"One is the soft cap has been slashed by 30 per cent. The other part of it is the paperwork that doctors are being forced to do.<\/p>\n

"With the concussion situation, there's been a whole host of increased paperwork that doctors need to keep their records as accurate. As you can imagine there's more protocol with that.<\/p>\n

"Also the performance enhancing drug situation, the paperwork the doctors have to keep up. Every medication that a player is given, clearly a club doctor has to be across that.<\/p>\n

"And also now the COVID situation and the protocols with that. It has caused a massive increase in workload and it's the only role at a footy club where you can be paid more outside (the sport)."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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