#PlayerWelfare
Van Dijk - also over 3,000 minutes. At these men's ages, you just can't risk their wellbeing like this. Please rest them, Arne. #playerwelfare
February 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thanks so much to all my new followers on here.
Please ask your friends to follow me if they love sport and those who play it. #playerwelfare
November 20, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Wakefield, Huddersfield, Salford, Castleford, Wire, and we're going to 14 teams.
#playerwelfare
August 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🏉 AI tackles rugby!

A Lero-funded project with IRFU is using AI to analyse tackles, improving player safety, performance & game dynamics.

🔗 Read more: lero.ie/news-and-eve...

#AI #Rugby #IRFU #SportsTech #Innovation #PlayerWelfare
February 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Townsend's actions a step forward for player welfare (✍️@RTErugby) #Rugby #PlayerWelfare #HealthInSports
Townsend's actions a step forward for player welfare
Jonny Holland says Gregor Townsend's decision to keep out-half Finn Russell sidelined against Ireland, despite passing his HIA, was a major step forward for player welfare.
www.rte.ie
February 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
On the @womensfootballhub.bsky.social podcast Carolyn Kent caught up with Dr Paul Pearson. He spoke to us about football's awareness of acquired brain injury.
Full episode link: zurl.co/kng88
#BrainInjuryAwareness #PlayerWelfare
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
2 more players out for our trip to Palace tomorrow.
We’ve had no luck at all with injuries this season. A sign of players playing too many games?
#MCFC
#playerwelfare
December 6, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Rugby has some of the highest sports-related concussion rates.

This study found that while coaches and medical staff understand prevention and rehab, implementation remains low.

Read at: zurl.co/fQgmG

#JSAMS #SportsMedicine #Rugby #Concussion #PlayerWelfare
October 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
New player load guidelines hailed as 'landmark moment' for rugby (✍️@rugby_ie) #Rugby #PlayerWelfare #SportRegulations
New player load guidelines hailed as 'landmark moment' for rugby
A limit of 30 full games a season and at least five weeks off a year are part of new regulations.
www.the42.ie
October 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Imo the AFL shouldn't allow any trade bidding wars until the end of each season.

I can only imagine the anguish borne by the players involved (oft very young).

The anguish borne by their families and their team mates.

The public humiliation and shaming via sports media and SM.

#PlayerWelfare
July 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
World Cup Players Unveil New Superpowers After 80-Hour Weeks

World Cup players have accumulated 4,500+ minutes since last summer. They're not tired anymore.…

#Sport #WorldCup #Football #PlayerWelfare #satire
World Cup Players Unveil New Superpowers After 80-Hour Weeks
World Cup players have accumulated 4,500+ minutes since last summer. They're not tired anymore. They've evolved into a higher plane of existence where their bodies run on spite and contractual obligation.
semitruth.com
June 12, 2026 at 8:17 AM
‘It’s been 20 years since I was told I’d never walk again after school rugby injury... we continue to campaign for player welfare’ @beltel.bsky.social #Rugby #PlayerWelfare #InjuryRecovery
‘It’s been 20 years since I was told I’d never walk again after school rugby injury... we continue to campaign for player welfare’
This is the Northern Ireland man who defied the odds after suffering a rugby injury so serious that doctors thought he would never walk again.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
LaLiga's Future Hangs in the Balance as Scheduling Deadlock Persists

LaLiga's summer of chaos: the calendar still doesn't exist, clubs are paralyzed, and both LaLiga and the players' union would rather play chicken than actually start the season.…

#News #LaLiga #FootballStrike #PlayerWelfare
LaLiga's Future Hangs in the Balance as Scheduling Deadlock Persists
LaLiga's summer of chaos: the calendar still doesn't exist, clubs are paralyzed, and both LaLiga and the players' union would rather play chicken than actually start the season. This isn't governance—it's theater.
laliga.run
June 7, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Too hot to handle?

@FIFPRO warns midday kick-offs at the Club World Cup risk player safety. What happens when heat, delays & TV demands collide—and could FIFA face legal heat?

Read more: odc217.wixsite.com/sideline-sta...

#WorldCup #SportsLaw #PlayerWelfare #ClubWorldCup #FIFACWC #FIFA
Too Hot to Handle? FIFA’s Club World Cup Heat Crisis and the Challenge Ahead for 2026
Many viewed this summer’s FIFA Club World Cup as a soft launch, a “test run” for next year’s expanded FIFA Men’s World Cup across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Yet if anything, it has become ...
odc217.wixsite.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
UEFA Hires Method Actor to Direct World Cup Boycott—'We Need Tears by Paragraph Three'

UEFA just turned a World Cup boycott into a Shakespeare production. Infantino's hitting back with pantomime.…

#Sport #WorldCup #FootballFixtures #PlayerWelfare #satire
UEFA Hires Method Actor to Direct World Cup Boycott—'We Need Tears by Paragraph Three'
UEFA just turned a World Cup boycott into a Shakespeare production. Infantino's hitting back with pantomime. Somewhere between the drama, actual football got very real.
semitruth.com
July 31, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Hydration breaks in 2026 are supposed to keep players safe, but managers are already sweating about the tactical disruption. Because nothing says 'elite competition' like stopping twice a half for a sip of water. #WorldCup2026 #PlayerWelfare #FootballDebate #FIFA #SportsScience
World Cup Hydration Breaks 2026: Why Player Welfare Measure Splits Opinion
Hydration breaks at the 2026 World Cup spark debate among players and managers, balancing player welfare with competitive disruption. Find out why opinions are divided.
lapremierleague.com
July 9, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Join our funded PhD studentship with World Rugby and Carnegie School of Sport on Head Impact Reduction.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM
World Rugby sets game limits to improve player welfare (✍️@RTErugby) #WorldRugby #RugbyUnion #PlayerWelfare
World Rugby sets game limits to improve player welfare
World Rugby has introduced new welfare guidelines that will limit the number of professional games per season to 30 with players permitted to play no more than six matches in a row.
www.rte.ie
October 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Twenty-minute red cards: Rugby selling soul to spectacle at the expense of player welfare - The Irish Times (✍️@IrishTimesRugby) #Rugby #PlayerWelfare #RedCards
Twenty-minute red cards: Rugby selling soul to spectacle at the expense of player welfare - The Irish Times
Twenty-minute red cards: Rugby selling soul to spectacle at the expense of player welfare  The Irish Times
news.google.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In this @sportforbusiness.bsky.social podcast, Kitman Labs CEO Stephen Smith joins Hartnett Rob to discuss how leagues are unifying player health, development & operations—lifting the entire ecosystem through integrated data.

🎧 bit.ly/4ohBb13

#PlayerWelfare #TalentDevelopment
October 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM