03-13-2020, 11:50 PM
(03-13-2020, 11:40 PM)capcom link Wrote:The sheer number of ACLs on the news services occurring in this series should give pause to many. The competition will die soon enough.
If you want to limit the number of ACL's that occur, simply wait.
Reason being, a lot of the ACLs that occur are because most of the girls playing have not played football their whole life. They have come from other sports, or at least had a layoff in the teenage years due to no competition available to them. Their bodies are not accustomed to the demands of AFL football.
Added to that, they are only part time footballers. They don't have the ability to focus on footy (and their bodies) full time.
An example...
Our own Nat Plane is a landscape gardener by trade. She does the tough slog at work for 8 hours or so, THEN goes to training where she is expected to be an elite athlete. Then goes back to work the next morning bright and early. I'm tired just thinking about what she has to go through, and i'm not sure how much rest her body gets. As we know fatigue leads to injuries.
There are plenty of other girls in similar situations.
In a way, she might be one of the lucky ones as her work keeps her relatively fit. Other girls who might sit behind a desk all day might have to do extras to get their fitness base up to scratch.
Pay them more money, and let the new age of female footballers come through who have been able to play their whole life and ACLs will drop.