{"id":28574,"date":"2018-02-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/malcolm-blight-says-all-afl-players-will-probably-have-to-wear-helmets-soon\/"},"modified":"2018-02-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T00:00:00","slug":"malcolm-blight-says-all-afl-players-will-probably-have-to-wear-helmets-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/sportsday-sa\/malcolm-blight-says-all-afl-players-will-probably-have-to-wear-helmets-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Blight Says All AFL Players Will Probably Have To Wear Helmets Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Malcolm Blight reckons it won\u2019t be long and all players will be made to wear helmets.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1000\" width=\"650\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/afl_helmet.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cI\u2019ve got a feeling that in the not-too-distant future legally the AFL might have to protect the welfare of the players by introducing a rule to wear compulsory helmets\u2026 worn by every player in the competition,\u201d Blight said on FIVEAA.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cIf you think I\u2019m silly, think of what happened in 1943 in the NFL &#8212; they were made compulsory for the gridiron players. Think of every kid that plays cricket now. When I played in the 60s and 70s, no helmets. Everyone wears helmets now.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cThere are helmets being worn in rugby league, rugby union and even some players in the AFL. To protect the AFL\u2026 to keep out of the courts I think someone in the AFL now should be looking at compulsory helmets.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cYou can\u2019t keep getting concussion. All the testing of the concussions looks bad, it looks bad for our game. Do I agree with it? No, but I think someone\u2019s got to look at it.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PODCAST | Are we headed for a future with compulsory helmets in the AFL? That&#39;s Blighty&#39;s concern. 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