Mate, you are the one who came on here acting like a lawyer, judge & spinal expert all rolled into one & claiming that any action before the NRL judiciary or courts would be thrown out & blamed solely on the Knight's. Because of your natural instinct. You have shot down anyone who disagrees with you & acted like your opinion is the only one that is correct. Yes, you have a right to your opinion. Others have a right to disagree with that opinion. I answerd your question using the flight attendant example. Just like the flight attended & airline you would be hard pressed to find a judge who finds the Knight's solely negligent because of the advice they have given, which in 9 out of 10 cases would reduce the risk of injury. Good luck finding a judge who would find an employer solely negligent for an injury that is probably a 1 in 1mil likelihood of occurring. FMD, not matter what position your neck is in, if you had 300kgs plus on your neck you would be lucky to come away without some type of spinal injury. BTW, the most likely expert witnesses would be spinal experts probably from either The Alfred or Prince of Wales and not your fancy pancy bio mechanical expert.
My personal opinion is that this is a tragic accident that has more to do with having 3 first grade footy players ending up on one guys neck. And the NRL should have been more proactive in banning all lifting tackles in order to limit the likelihood of something like this happening. I also doubt that there will be any court action as the Knights, NRL etc are highly unlikely to leave McKinnon & his family high and dry. And frankly, whilst a young man is lying in a spinal ward in an induced coma, who will be lucky to walk ever again, it is inappropriate to be discussing opinions that are based on nothing but instinct.
