Port Adelaide’s concussion protocols proceed to return beneath scrutiny with the associate of a former Power participant detailing “scary” incidents throughout his time on the membership.
Port had been on Monday issued a “please explain” by the AFL after membership docs did not put Aliir Aliir via a concussion check following the defender’s collision with teammate Lachie Jones on Saturday evening.
While Jones was subbed out of the Showdown loss towards Adelaide due to a migraine, Aliir returned to the sector.
Port stated the 2 gamers handed SCAT5 protocols, however have since proven signs according to concussion.
Jones and Aliir will each sit out this Saturday evening’s crunch sport towards Geelong at GMHBA Stadium.
Cassie Burton, the associate of former Port utility Sam Mayes, stated the present highlight on Port’s concussion scenario “doesn’t surprise me” and it made her “sick”.
“Sam’s played concussed after they strapped his head and sent him back on the field,” Burton wrote on Twitter, accompanied with an image of Mayes’ head bandaged throughout his AFL profession.
“He’s also pulled himself out of the AFL side as he wasn’t feeling right from a separate head knock. It’s scary to witness.”
It is known Mayes was despatched again out on the bottom in a SANFL semi-final taking part in for Port in 2019 after a head knock. He later took himself to the bench as a result of he was feeling unwell.
Mayes later had no recollection of Port’s thrilling four-point victory after the match, which put the membership right into a grand ultimate.
In 2021, the previous Brisbane Lions participant was named in Port’s AFL workforce regardless of having a head knock taking part in within the reserves every week earlier.
Leading as much as the match, Mayes reluctantly withdrew himself from the workforce after experiencing concussion signs, regardless of trying to nail down his spot within the senior aspect.
Mayes’ AFL profession ended on the finish of final yr following 121 video games for the Lions and Port throughout 10 seasons.
AAP reached out to Port for touch upon Mayes’ scenario however a spokesperson stated the membership wouldn’t be making any touch upon present or historic concussion issues till the AFL has accomplished its investigation.
The AFL on Monday stated its chief medical officer Dr Michael Makdissi was liaising with Port in monitoring the situation of Aliir and Jones.
Concussion is now a large difficulty within the sport with the AFL cracking down on harmful tackles this season.
Plenty of former gamers are suing the league and their golf equipment, in search of compensation for the consequences of concussion from their careers.
In 2016, the AFL fined Port Adelaide for a way they dealt with a head knock to participant Hamish Hartlett.
Port had been fined $20,000, with $10,000 of that suspended to the top of 2018, as a result of they did not observe AFL protocols.
Last season, Power gamers Tom Jonas and Zac Butters additionally had a conflict of heads in a sport towards Richmond and had been pressured from the sector.
Jonas and Butters returned to the bottom and the AFL later stated it was glad how the membership dealt with the scenario.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
