Sporting body and Western Bulldogs say they are yet to be notified of premiership player’s claims he flagged his health concerns with them
and Western Bulldogs say they have not been notified of legal action by the former premiership player Liam Picken, who alleges he was allowed to continue to play despite concerns about cognitive impairment from concussion.
Concussion in the AFL has become a key issue in recent years, with concerns raised after the deaths of Danny Frawley and Shane Tuck, who were both diagnosed postmortem with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain injury that leads to dementia and is linked to repeated head injuries.Both the club and The AFL say they have not received any correspondence from Picken or his lawyers, National Compensation Lawyers, despite the lodgement.
In a statement, the AFL also said it was unable to comment, but that it took the issues of players’ health seriously.
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