Pre-apprentices in the Union Construction Academy of Maine’s first cohort had hands-on training in the field. COURTESY / MAINE AFL-CIO The new Union Construction Academy of Maine recently graduated ...

The AFL has privately urged a group of clubs to scale back full-contact training, with league-wide limits reportedly under consideration as early as 2027. Any potential cap on contact work is yet to ...

The league has been tracking contact training data across six intensity categories from warm-up drills at the low end to full-on match simulation and could limit training minutes as early as 2027.

The AFL is set to enforce limits to contact training as soon as 2027, with the league already quietly telling at-risk clubs to reduce their contact loads. The league has been tracking contact training ...