In-game reports should be scrapped: Port coach

After a week of off-field controversy, Port are keen to see Zak Butters in action against Hawthorn. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS)

The AFL should scrap in-game reporting of players to avoid controversies like the Zak Butters case, Port Adelaide coach Josh Carr says.

And while Butters has spent a week in an unwanted spotlight, Carr is adamant the gun midfielder won't be impacted when Port meet Hawthorn on Saturday in Melbourne.