Confronting Concussion with Ben Rodin

The People's Game

On a special edition of The People's Game, Jack and Gordon sit down with host of the "Unsociable Game" podcast Ben Rodin. Ben is a retired amateur footballer, who after five concussions chose to give the game that he loved away citing long-term health concerns. In this conversation Jack, Gordon and Ben discuss Ben's amateur football career and his run ins with concussions, the impact of concussions on players both in the immediate and long term incidences, whether the AFL (both at elite/professional and grassroots levels) needs to do more to prevent concussions and what Ben misses most about football. If you find this interview insightful, please check out Ben's podcast the "Unsociable Game" - a series that asks, just what risks is the game creating for its participants, and what answers does the AFL, as the game's governing body, actually have?