‘Most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard’: Greats divided over AFL’s new body image rules

A player he coached to a flag, Wayne Schwass, says he respects his former coach’s opinion but doesn’t agree.Welcome to the debate about whether player weights should be published or not and whether potential future AFL players should be subjected to skin fold testing. The AFL confirmed with clubs at a meeting last week that it won’t publish the weights of players and that body composition assessments, or skinfold testing, would also be banned in elite junior competitions.

The edicts have come from recommendations made by a working group within the AFL, which has a focus on disordered eating. That group was set up within the AFL’s mental health and wellbeing unit led by Dr Kate Hall and their decisions have caused a mixture of opinions. “Perhaps we understand more broadly the impact of certain decisions on individuals both as athletes and human beings. I am not an expert in this field but if that is the decision that the sport made, and it is based on evidence and it is based on research, it is a decision the sport should be entitled to make whether people agree with it or not.”

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