Player Watch #50 Marlion Pickett Retirement

[Foley#41]

I mean ‘potential to cause serious injury’!???!
This is not a Schrödinger’s cat situation - we know the outcome already and there was no medium impact or serious injury ffs.

 

[Sir_Rancelot]

A massive waste of time and money after Dimma threw him under the bus last night.

Dimma is acting like a disillusioned employee at the moment that is on the verge of pulling the pin or getting the ass

So true, imagine if Dimma pulls the pin and Clarko takes over what a nightmare that would be for the AFL.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Marlion crucified again .Nothing new.

 

[Antzzz]

How the f##k can you cop a match because potentially you could cause an injury …. This is madness

 

[Lord of the Wings]

How the f##k can you cop a match because potentially you could cause an injury …. This is madness

It isn't the game we grew up with anymore. Its been Gillified. Its clear Gilligan only listens to TV execs and soccer mums. He don't give a shite what the fans and members think.

 

[Tony Stark]

AFL counsel Lionel Hutz said “It was more good luck than good technique Moore wasn’t injured “. Wasn’t it all about the outcome not the action?

Hypothetical

A player takes the mark of the century but in doing so badly concusses a player due to their knees smacking into the back of their direct opponents skull.

A 'mark' is in the rules, it's an integral part of the game of AFL and it why supporters watch the game and why it excites them. So how will an injury in such a hypothetical be viewed, I bet it will be called an unfortunate accident.

However if applying the same methodology as was applied in the Pickett incident, the player taking the mark had full intention of climbing onto the other players shoulders using his knees, more luck than good management if he didn't connect with the players head.

Isn't this the same as a bump, a bump is allowable within the rules, its an iconic part of AFL that makes it unique and in most cases at full speed in the heat of the moment it is definitely more luck than good management that it's executed without the opposition incurring an injury. In Pickett's case his direct opponent wasn't injured.

Ultimately the attraction to supporters is that AFL is a high contact sport. The intention to reduce head trauma is certainly a valid one but it's akin to boxing rules being changed that you can punch your opponent but not hard enough to knock them out, it becomes a different sport.

Players participate in a professional high contact sport fully understanding the physical risks to their bodies. If the powers that be want to change that then the sport involved is changed forever.

In my view if you are going to apply penalties to players and effectively say in the case of a bump that the player in question had the choice not to bump, surely if the health and safety of players is the ultimate factor then the AFL cant cherry pick here, the same application of the rules has to apply in a marking contest. If this is the case then RIP AFL as we supporters have always known it.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

He designed the jumper yet he can't play in the game. @bullshit

 

[Antzzz]

It isn't the game we grew up with anymore. Its been Gillified. Its clear Gilligan only listens to TV execs and soccer mums. He don't give a shite what the fans and members think.

The game is now a vehicle for advertising and gambling … can’t have these Huge sponsors involved in anything that looks like physical contact …. And gambling and sport means next up is corruption

 

[biaseddustyfan]

entire comment section on AFL's FB is supporting Pickett you know the AFL is ******ed when the salty oppos get behind a tigs player

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

The game is now a vehicle for advertising and gambling … can’t have these Huge sponsors involved in anything that looks like physical contact …. And gambling and sport means next up is corruption

Don't forget that Fox and the sponsors demand to interview people with depression/anxiety as well.

 

[Lord of the Wings]

The game is now a vehicle for advertising and gambling … can’t have these Huge sponsors involved in anything that looks like physical contact …. And gambling and sport means next up is corruption

I think you're being optimistic to suggest corruption is next up. I'd be really surprised if its not already infiltrated the game.

Corruption was going on in cricket for more than 5 years before it was uncovered.

 

[This Is Anfield]

A massive waste of time and money after Dimma threw him under the bus last night.

Dimma is acting like a disillusioned employee at the moment that is on the verge of pulling the pin or getting the ass

Really!! He acted upbeat and was upfront and honest.
Love the way he is presenting at the moment, full of life and passion.

 

[Antzzz]

I think you're being optimistic to suggest corruption is next up. I'd be really surprised if its not already infiltrated the game.

Corruption was going on in cricket for more than 5 years before it was uncovered.

I think you may be right there LOTW

 

[rammbo]

Has anyone got some vision of him actually hitting the head

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Really!! He acted upbeat and was upfront and honest.
Love the way he is presenting at the moment, full of life and passion.

Totally agree TIA. Being a misery guts sure got him nowhere.

 

[Waca Jr]

Not surprised at all. You watch next perfectly executed bump will be praised provided it's not by a Richmond player

 

[DoItForCaptBlood]

A martyr is over the top as an analogy. But he will be in the rooms and I have no doubt all the players will emotionally be supporting him, as he them.
They can draw inspiration from him and the jumper and take it all out on the bummers from the first bounce.
The bummers should be all fired up with their own issue all week, so the first 15 mins should be hot in the kitchen. The boys will fire up for Marlion and the jumper.

 

[lllscroatlll]

this reality is ****ed up

 

[Rioli2Rioli]

I mean ‘potential to cause serious injury’!???!
This is not a Schrödinger’s cat situation - we know the outcome already and there was no medium impact or serious injury ffs.

What a utterly STUPID comment !!!

Going for a screamer = potential to cause serious injury’

Every Ruck contest = potential to cause serious injury’

Evert Tackle = potential to cause serious injury’

Having a fart = potential to cause serious injury’

 

[beema limapep]

The inconsistency makes my blood boil, both at the tribunal and on field umpiring.

It's not good for my health and I don't think I can watch games much longer. Too many chest pains.

Might take up gardening or fishing.

 

[Sir_Rancelot]

The inconsistency makes my blood boil, both at the tribunal and on field umpiring.

It's not good for my health and I don't think I can watch games much longer. Too many chest pains.

Might take up gardening or fishing.

Welcome to the new world

 

[Thrasher97]

Potential to cause injury, FFS, I'll tell ya if Pickett wanted to and if was high, there's no way that player is getting up. Bump is dead. R.I.P

 

[smasha]

Not surprised at all. You watch next perfectly executed bump will be praised provided it's not by a Richmond player

No truer words spoken.
AFL,a corrupt disgrace.

 

[tiger_tough]

Not surprised at all. You watch next perfectly executed bump will be praised provided it's not by a Richmond player

....As long as it's not high you mean?

 

[juss]

Newsflash people. The AFL wants the bump GONE. Don't believe anything else. Unfortunately if you bump in 2022, you are making a poor decision in the current meta of the game and umpiring.

I dont agree with it, but that's the game the AFL has created that we continue to support.

The risk is not worth the reward. No more bumps unfortunately.