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The concussion “ safety net ” for AFL players is being pulled, and it is ‘sounding alarm bells ’ throughout the league amid heightened head trauma awareness.on July 11 in which Zurich Insurance Group confirmed that new AFL clients would not be able to claim for any concussion or traumatic injuries or complications.
“The agents are almost asking the AFL step in — can they get a blanket policy for all the players at the moment?” Clark said. “You’ve got no safety net now, so you’re one weekend away from the rest of your life , and you need that money to survive.”Herald Sun colleague Glenn McFarlane declared the “no-brainer” change the AFL needs to make.
Clark revealed the three players who, prior to the change, recently benefitted from seven-figure payouts. “ seven-figure payouts are designed to help look after the rest of their lives, because in some of these cases, the players aren’t able to work for a period — it huge impact on their lives,” Clark said.
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