What is the answer to all these knee injuries? Does anyone know? Now WCE's Priddis is out!!?

Question

I agree withe AFL that the game needs to be slowed down & interchange limited. Never a week goes by without someone doing a knee - sometimes for the 2nd, 3rd & even 4th time!

A few years back when the grounds were slower & there were less interchanges one hardly heard of these knee injuries - players went on to play 300 games on a regular basis. They are few & far between nowadays.

Now the players are expected to go 100% flat-out while they are on the ground - then there is a sub every minute of the game. Yesteryear they spelled in a forward pocket when stuffed.

OK, I maybe a dinosaur, but I'm having a problem with this unlimited subbing - IMO it's spoiling the game.

Answer 1

I reckon it has a lot to do with the amount of pre season and normal season training they do, years ago they just trained Tues and Thurs in the VFL. They began pre-season training in March, hence the saying 'march champion'. i just don't know where it will all end, the players are made of human bones and tissues not steel.

Players do get conditioned to training harder and longer etc, but the wear and tear on the ligaments, cartilages,muscles and bones is enormous. They should have a rule when they can begin training or something, October is just stupid, sure they are fitter, but like you said the knees and other serious injuries are everywhere. good question mate.

Answer 2

Legs are becoming thinner like marathon legs which then have to take the stress of the body continually being hit, kicking, jumping, the grounds no longer become muddied so they are always playing on firm surfaces, and the training starts way to early with continual running on even harder summer grounds.

Answer 3

I don't know the answer.

I do feel that there is more injuries to knee in Aussie Rules than the other football codes......and all types of sports, actually.

Answer 4

Hugh Minson, Port Adelaide's ruckman of the future has been forced to retire at just 20 years of age without ever having played a single AFL game.

Doctors have told him to retire because both his knees are stuffed. he may be an exception & had natural dicky knees but there is too much of this "injured knee' syndrome for the problem to be ignored.

I have no answer. I agree the game has become too fast for the players.