AFL does not regret past concussion management but says understanding of brain injury has changed, inquiry hears

General manager tells Senate inquiry the league wants to give ‘increased support’ to former players affected by repeated head trauma

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AFL senior executives have told a parliamentary inquiry that the league does not regret the way it has managed concussion in the past, but acknowledged that its understanding of brain injury has “changed over time”.

Speaking at a hearing of the federal Senate committee inquiry into concussions and repeated head trauma in contact sports on Wednesday, the AFL general manager, Andrew Dillon, was asked by Greens senator Janet Rice if the league had any regrets about the way it had managed concussion.

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