A secret waiver but no punishment: the AFL’s concussion conundrum just got murkier

Just when you thought the Australian Football League’s (AFL) management of concussion could not get murkier, news arrived yesterday the Geelong Football Club required a player with a history of concussions to sign a letter waiving their legal rights with respect to any future brain trauma. It was reported the Cats had a secret arrangement with a player who signed the agreement in a bid to clear the club and its medical staff from future court action. Late yesterday, the Cats acknowledged in a…