‘Run it straight’ competition announces event with $200k prize despite warnings about viral challenge’s head trauma risk

Liberal MP Moira Deeming and Melbourne Storm forward Nelson Asofa-Solomona reportedly join a concussion expert in expressing concern
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The organisers of a “run it straight” competition, in which men deliberately collide with each other, are planning another match despite a neuroscientist and concussion expert’s warning about the social-media-fuelled contest’s dangers.
The RUNIT Championship League promised $200,000 in prize money for the next bout in an Instagram post that was published on its official account on Sunday.
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