"Australian researchers have for the first time diagnosed a female athlete with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head injuries, in a finding which will have major implications for women’s sport.

The Australian rules footballer and Adelaide premiership player Heather Anderson died in November 2022 at the age of 28, with her unexpected death the subject of an ongoing coronial investigation." #sport #concussion #CTE #ChronicTraumaticEncephalopathy #BrainInjury #BrainDamage #health #medical #dementia #medicine #Brain #Australia #AustralianRules #RugbyLeague #football #research #science

Australian footballer Heather Anderson first case of CTE in a female athlete diagnosed by researchers | Health | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/04/first-case-cte-female-athlete-aflw-player-heather-anderson-diagnosed-australian-researchers

So this afternoon I will probably have the AFL Aussie Rules game on tv in the background - Hawthorn and Geelong.

Usually I would expect to be watching it properly, but what would have been a block-buster in other years is this year a contest between 17th and 18th. 😅

#AFL #AustralianRules

Read the 63:1 issue of Asia-Pacific Econ History Review for great articles on Aboriginal rugby, arms trafficking to NZ, indentured labour to Fiji, mechanized silk manufacture in Meiji Japan & the VFL stadium in Melbourne! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/2832157x/current

@econhist @economics @sociology @politicalscience @anthropology @ecosocio @devecon #rugby #Indigenous #sport #infrastructure #NZ #Australia #Fiji #Meiji #Japan #Maori #Queensland #indenture #AustralianRules #history #histodons #econtwitter

New paper in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review @apehr (formerly Australian Eco His Rev) shows that the purpose-built Australian Rules football stadium in Melbourne that was opened in 1970 increased attendance & revenue. Realization of its full potential, however, required further institutional & management changes. https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12258 @economics @econhist @organizationalecon
@industrialorganization @politicalscience #Australia #history #histodons #sport #AustralianRules #Melbourne