SAWB - Football, Brain Injury and Workplace Safety
A 23‑year‑old footballer, Nick Lowden, died with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the youngest known case linked to Australian rules football. His story exposes a risk the AFL can no longer treat as “rough and tumble” or part of the game. Concussion protocols were ignored, symptoms escalated, and the cumulative impacts of routine head knocks were never explained to him or his family. This episode examines how foreseeable harm intersects with SFAIRP duties, why cumulative brain trauma is now a governance issue rather than a medical debate, and what Nick’s case reveals about the gap…
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