A leading concussion specialist has accused the AFL and the players’ union of attempting to “divide and conquer” by hesitating to endorse the Australian Sports Brain Bank (ASBB) as the primary place for players to donate their brains, despite a direct recommendation to do so by a coroner.
More than a year after the recommendation by the coroner who oversaw the Danny Frawley inquest, the AFL says it is “well progressed” in discussions with both the ASBB and the Sydney Brain Bank, with a view to selecting one or the other – or both – as partners for its mooted AFL/AFLPA brain bank donation program.
