Stem Cell Storage

[ScottH]

Teams look to Stem cell to help players recover from injuries faster.

Source (http://realfooty.com.au/news/news/clubs-look-at-stem-cell-storage/2007/09/05/1188783319898.html)


COLLINGWOOD and Geelong are two of several top Australian sports clubs that are considering technology that allows the storage of players' stem cells to help them recover faster from serious injuries.

Under a proposal being examined by several AFL rugby union, rugby league and soccer clubs, entire teams could store their stem cells, to be later transplanted into slow-healing injuries such as badly broken bones.

If it works will have a huge effect on a teams performance if players are out for shorter periods of time.

[AnnieH]

Didn't the wobbles pay big dollars for a hypobaric (?) chamber that they're not allowed to use because it's unfair for the rest of the competition.

Wobblies have too much money.

[hammo]

Didn't the wobbles pay big dollars for a hypobaric (?) chamber that they're not allowed to use because it's unfair for the rest of the competition.

Wobblies have too much money.
Wrong again. The AFL hasn't started clamping down on off-field assets and expenditure of each club and if they did half the competition would be up in arms.

The Swans spend as much or more than Collingwood on its football department so if they have too much money then where does that leave the Swans?

If the AFL wants to cap off-field spending then it's rewarding poor, mediocre and unviable Melbourne clubs like the Demons and Kangaroos.

It's no coincidence that Sydney and Collingwood have had good runs with injuries in recent years while a club like Melbourne - which trains in 1960s facilities - has been decimated by them.

[Sanecow]

It's no coincidence that Sydney and Collingwood have had good runs with injuries in recent years while a club like Melbourne - which trains in 1960s facilities - has been decimated by them.

An interesting observation, especially in light of the draft system. Are promising young players put at risk by being thrown to clubs that underperform due to injuries?

[AnnieH]

How much medical care does a professional sports team need? (http://www.injuryupdate.com.au/images/research/SHprofootballmedicalcare.pdf)

Apparently, lots.