The concussion debate has been doused in petrol following a lawsuit against the National Football League (NFL) involving more than 2,000 former players.
The lawsuit accuses the NFL of concealing crucial information that associates concussion and head injuries to long-term brain damage.
Several former players who suffered concussions during their respective careers have since taken their own lives.
Former New England Patriot Junior Seau, who passed away recently, suffered depression that friends and family believed directly relates to the concussions he received during his career.
The former players filing one of the biggest sporting lawsuits ever, believe the NFL “deliberately and fraudulently” deceived players about the correlation between concussion and long-term health issues including brain damage and depression.
Australia is yet to complete any studies into the long term implications of concussion but several former athletes have openly come out and admitted their health problems post-career.
Former AFL player Matthew Robbins as recently as Tuesday revealed he had been diagnosed with depression.
Robbins wondered if there was a connection between concussion and brain damage, interested by the ongoing debate in America.
AFL chief medical officer Dr Hugh Seward said in the Matthew Robbins story published in the Herald Sun there is no discernible link between head injuries and depression.
All codes across Australia must unite and research the connection, if any, between concussion and brain damage.
The sooner an answer can be harnessed the sooner solutions can be generated to protect our athletes.
Their safety is paramount; it comes before anything and everything. No amount of money or entertainment value can gauge an individual’s life.
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