![](https://images.bigfootymedia.com/icons/mobile-bullets/geelong.png)
- May 5, 2016
- 48,216
- 54,134
- AFL Club
- Geelong
If it was just excessive alcohol consumption, then why would there not have been any AFL intervention in relation to an enquiry and subsequent punishment - particularly given his previous indiscretions ?
They have given multi week suspensions for dress ups at a private function - they even punished Toby Greene for being an innocent bystander.
If even a remote sniff of anything to harm the AFL brand comes into view they have their integrity unit put into full swing…
So doesn’t it seem strange to you they’d happily turn a blind eye to a player being so drunk that he required the paramedics and an ambulance and hospitalisation from his actions ‘in a public place’ ?
Nobody knows what happened … because there was no investigation. A simple investigation on the basis of bringing the game into disrepute tells us exactly what was in Stengle’s system and an appropriate punishment can be applied.
As you say, maybe it was just excessive alcohol (in a public place) which required paramedics and an ambulance - but if that was the case, then why no investigation and punishment for that sort of off-field behaviour?
Better off getting blind to the point of needing paramedic intervention in a public place than getting dressed up as a twin tower at a private function….
We can all believe what we want to believe… but it’s not really hard to decipher what the ‘most likely’ situation is here and why the AFL decided not to conduct a very simple investigation to find out what was in Stengle’s system.
Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com
Yes that’s exactly what I’m saying. Did he misbehave? Did he get into a fight? Did he piss or himself vomit all over a patron? Did he make a racist or public statement about a political issue? He was probably sitting in a corner and whatever he did do happened.
Again, stop making a ‘statement’ as though you know what happened mate.
The most likely situation, given that a player was at training the next day, and actually taking part, albeit on lighter duties, is that he was discharged from hospital from with a you’re free to go as you just drink too much piss explanation.
Most people who overdose on drugs don’t show up for work the next day, based on my understanding.