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Posted May 12, 2004 - 8:46 AM
Western Bulldogs coach Peter Rhode says it is important for his players to limit their social activities, particularly after games, but is aware of the sacrifices they have to make to do so, reports Afl.com.
"It's getting to the stage where you've got to really pretty strictly handle how they mix together and what they do," Rohde said.
"I think it is an enormous issue because after all they are 18 to 30 year-old men who deserve to have some sort of life outside of football. In years gone by, a very important part of footy was going out afterwards and having a beer and those sorts of things."
The Bulldogs have a policy of being in bed by midnight, a player-initiated curfew, and Rhode said that sort of sacrifice came part and parcel with being an AFL footballer.
