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EVERYONE has an opinion on the concussion debate.
Phil Gould gave his this week, suggesting calls to introduce independent doctors was "insulting to the medicos themselves".
"These doctors take player welfare very seriously and would never knowingly subject any player to the risk of further injury, if in fact they believed that risk even remotely existed."
Andrew Johns was one who said bringing in independent doctors was a necessity, and plenty of other commentators agree.
I seem to remember Robbie Farah saying last year if his club doctor told him to stay off he would tell the doctor to "get stuffed".
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Then you look back at the Nathan Peats' head knock last weekend, it was actually the Warriors' club doctor raising concerns.
He was later banned from talking to the media, but had already made his point: rival doctors are now questioning the integrity of club doctors.
And even if Peats passed the required tests, as top Melbourne sports doctor Peter Larkins told me this week when I sent him vision of the Peats incident, the decision to allow Peats to return was "inappropriate".
That is not to say Parramatta broke the NRL's rules. The pending investigation will determine that.
But Larkins' point was that the NRL needed to get tougher. He said in AFL allowing Peats to return would be an immediate $50,000 fine.
And take into account, Larkins is independent from this argument.
Nathan Peats's concussion has sparked intense debate about player welfare. Source: News Corp Australia
REF ROULETTE
THE NRL's decision to stop coaches complaining about referees this season is working a treat.
It has been the game's hottest topic over the opening three rounds — and while the coaches can't comment, that hasn't stopped everyone else blowing up.
Last weekend two games were directly decided by crucial calls, while two other games also had costly errors that were lucky not to decide games. You can only cross your fingers and hope it won't be your team this week.
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Refs boss Tony Archer has the toughest job in the game, and we all get that. But he will win no support unless he stops talking in riddles and starts telling fans what they already know.
For instance, it is no use Archer saying the decision was "right" not to award Blake Austin a try in Canberra's two-point loss to St George Illawarra because of a double movement.
Anyone with half a clue who saw it says it was a try, including Peter Sterling, Andrew Johns and Brad Fittler.
But Archer said we are all wrong, and that the match officials were right. Fair dinkum.
Give the fans, and the retired greats, more credit. Austin's arm was up when his momentum stopped and he was entitled to put the ball down. It was a try.
It is no use telling us it wasn't.
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