{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Case In Point","title":"#10 - The Legal Loophole Football Leagues Use to Dodge Player Injuries.","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/76040ae5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2022,"description":"Every week, professional athletes break their bodies for our entertainment. So it will come as a huge shock to sports fans how poorly the law protects our sporting heroes.\nIn this episode:How our sporting codes lobbied to carve athletes out of injury protection in the 1970sHow a Carlton player briefly cracked that system open in the 2000s before it slammed shut again, andWhy the concussion crisis gripping the AFL and NRL is forcing a reckoning today.\nIf you're paid to play, and paid to get hurt, why aren't you protected when the damage is done?\nGuest: Associate Professor Eric Windholz, Monash University Law School\nCase: Whitehead v Carlton Football Club Ltd [2005] VSC 257\nFurther readingWhy sports stars get less support than other injured workers – and how we can fix it by Eric WindholzProfessional athletes and injury insurance: A better way forward by Eric Windholz\n🎙️ Case In Point is produced by MINIATURE.\nStart your expert-led podcast today 👉 www.miniaturecreative.com.au","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/rGEVa2DE9cUbGbffFcTOPRpmwcfy0fivH3N-LtnK4mg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNjgz/OTI3MTk0NDI0NjQ5/OWU2MDM0YWEyMGY4/NmRmMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}