The AFL is bringing in yet another rule over the measurement of player’s body weight, one that has left Essendon great Matthew Lloyd gobsmacked.
In January, it emerged that player weights were being kept out of this year’s AFL Record season guide, with the message it was inappropriate “in this day and age” for weight to concern the public.
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That was met with widespread scorn around the industry, including from Port Adelaide premiership player and media pundit Kane Cornes.
“The world has gone so soft that I can’t believe it,” Cornes said at the time.
“You’re a professional athlete. You’re not an influencer on social media.”
The league has now taken a further step by essentially banning the traditional skinfold tests for under-18 boys and girls, a test used to predict the total amount of body fat in a player.
The football bosses of all clubs attended a meeting at AFL headquarters in Melbourne last week and were t...
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