RESOLVING the issues surrounding gambling in the AFL won't be easy but the conversation needs to happen, Geelong veteran Harry Taylor says.

Taylor said it was a concern to him that the eldest of his three children was able to name the gambling-related advertisements he saw when watching sport on TV.

However he said further education and discussion were critical if answers were to be found on the appropriate relationship between gambling and professional sport.

"When my eldest can name a lot of the ads on TV, that is a bit of a worry," Taylor said.

"It's certainly something that we need to keep talking about [and] educating people about. It's not as simple as just cutting them out of the AFL."

Western Bulldogs premiership skipper Easton Wood put the issue back on the agenda at the weekend when he questioned the level of gambling advertising during televised AFL games. 

Wood wrote on social media: "Do we think the normalisation of gambling – particularly to kids – is acceptable in this day and age?"

Taylor said more education was needed for AFL players and society in general.