Professor | Chair of Exercise and Ageing @DeakinIPAN. Immed-Past President of Australian and New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research (@ANZSSFR).
Deakin University, Burwood
Joined July 2015
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Well that’s it for me @afl I go to footy to see good players in action but won’t be attending any further games until you fix MRO and stop tinkering with the rules - it has made the game worse off. If guys like Curtis get 3 weeks for that tackle we have a seriously issue.
This has to be the worst decade in North’s history? Just hard to swallow the continual lack of effort and care factor #AFLNorthCats
Can someone teach Pink to mark.. key defender that cannot take a mark! dropped 3-4 just this Q. Wet or not just not good enough #AFLNorthFreo
How can goal ump 1 m away not make that call it was over goal line.. seriously #AFLNorthFreo
Prof Robin Daly retweeted
Holding the ball or play on?
Nick Larkey might've been hard done by 👀
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I think it time all players + @afl players association acted against this ongoing rubbish. Maybe all players boycotting (just refuse to play) or if too extreme all agree not to tackle this wk to send a message to AFL to show them how much they have ruined our game. It’s a joke!
Reasons:
We find that this was rough conduct and that Curtis was careless for the following main reasons.
First, Curtis wrapped both arms around Sinn and propelled him forward. Curtis did not need to propel Sinn forward with such force. He could have attempted to retain control of control of the tackle.
Secondly, Curtis pinned both of Sinn’s arms and made no attempt to release either arm.
Thirdly, Curtis made no or insufficient attempt to roll Sinn sideways so as to avoid or minimise the risk of Sinn’s head hitting the ground with force. North points to the fact that at the conclusion of the tackle, Curtis is moving to the side of Sinn and ends up beside him. In our view, this occurs too late. Curtis could have but did not make a significant attempt to roll to the side. He had time to sum up the situation before tackling Sinn from behind forcefully.
Fourthly, Curtis made no or insufficient attempt to pull Sinn back so as to minimise the risk or extent of Sinn’s head hitting the ground.
A prudent player would have realised that in executing a tackle in this way carried with it a real likelihood of Sinn’s head making forceful contact with the ground with the potential for a concussion.
Curtis dropped his weight at the commencement of the tackle and to some extent, Sinn’s knees plugging into the ground caused the players to propel forward. That is not an unlikely or unforeseeable consequence of a tackle such as this in these circumstances.
Players are today well aware that tackling a player from behind, where both the tackler and the ball carrier have some momentum, carries a risk of causing a concussion if care is not taken to avoid or minimise that risk. Curtis did not do nearly enough to address that risk. As a result, he engaged in careless, rough conduct.
As for impact, the video shows that the force with which Sinn’s head hit the ground was significant indeed.
He was clearly hurt and visibly distressed. He took a considerable time to get to his feet and left the field looking somewhat unsteady. He has been diagnosed with concussion, will not train for seven to 10 days and will miss one match.
We have no hesitation in classifying the impact as severe. The charge as classified is upheld.
Not good when your season ends in Round 6 and it’s mid April. Hard to comprehend that an AFL side with professional players being paid good $ continue to show no improvement / progress in 10 yrs #AFLNorthBlues
North not great but geez umps yet again having shocker.. no consistency… Coll v Bris bad last night as well.. too much influence on games. Yet @AFL think it’s better than ever.. wake up and smell the roses! #AFLNorthBlues
Xerri proving why he should have been All Australian last yr.. giving Gawn a lesson #AFLNorthDees
Why do we persist with Luke McDonald .. seriously not up to it and now they sub Phillips who at least had an impact #AFLDogsNorth
Nice case example of how the correct prescription of #exercise can improve #bone health in people with or at risk of #osteoporosis.
How I reversed my osteoporosis at 58 without medication telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne…
We are working on it Greg & have a new #muscle health algorithm for use in primary care that we will trial next yr + have a presentation @GPCE #Melbourne on why muscle matters @DavidScottPhD Stay tuned for more..
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😳😳For all the Aussies in academia that’s AU$18,400 if you want to publish in Nature Metabolism! How do all these journals come up with these extreme and markedly different costs! @mackinprof @DavidScottPhD I think we need a royal commission into this rort!
Any further nominations on the journal with the highest page charges? Stu’s @mackinprof nomination of US$9k for Cell Metabolism/Cell Reports now ranked 1 @darrencandow @DavidScottPhD My first car was cheaper!
Prof Robin Daly retweeted
$8000 to host a PDF on a website... When will our employers and funders l funding agencies stop demanding that we publish in these "high impact" journals, so that we can instead spend that money on research?
Not only is the cost of living rising but page charges for those of us trying to publish our research with the aim to improve health outcomes, policy, practice etc. @JCSM_cachexia can u explain why it costs US$5400 = >AU$8000 😳 to publish in your journal? Highest I have seen!
Perhaps mixed messages here @muschealthaust World's Biggest Sit-in: Get moving can be as simple as sitting down!
With all the research on the harmful effects of prolonged sitting, perhaps the World's Biggest Sit to Stand: Getting People Up & Moving would be more positive.