Treated as ‘product’: new AFL and AFLW players shown how to cope with gambling fallout

About 100 young athletes learn their contractual responsibilities and how wagering companies operate in session organised by the players association

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It was 2020, the world was still coming to terms with the Covid pandemic, and Mitch Robinson was not happy.

“Public announcement!” the then AFL player tweeted. “Not one AFL player gives a flying f*** how we cost you a $100 multi, it’s $5 bet you idiot. If you’re struggling with that amount please don’t punt in the first place.

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