No Oppo Supporters General AFL and other clubs discussion thread. **Opposition fans not welcome** Part 7

[deanc]

Still far too open to interpretation for my liking. Basically just allows them to manipulate it to get whatever result they want.

If a player bumps, makes some head contact, but the other player is perfectly fine then any punishment based on potential is essentially a punishment for some hypothetical version of the event where an injury does occur.

And the players involved definitely influences how these interpretations shake out.

And the game predictably get's a little closer to becoming a form of netball/basketball, i.e. unnecessary contact is penalized..!

In 10 years from now we'll all be watching replays and saying; "Gee, remember when players didn't have to all wear helmets, were allowed to deliberately bump, aggressively tackle and jump into the backs of their opposition to take marks etc. - what crazy times they were..!"

 

[theiaofseed]

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Been posted earlier in the year but well worth listening to Wingard such a significant recruit for our off field culture.

 

[A Cut Above]

Swans hit by COVID-19 outbreak on eve of Christmas

Sydney are dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak among their playing group and football department, disrupting Christmas plans during the official off-season period for players.

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Been saying for years the Swines are a germ-ridden club of parasites!

 

[DEECEE]

Wonder if the AFL could survive another covid riddled season. Some ciubs would be extremely worried. Surely they have a contingency plan for a rapid season with no byes and all clubs playing multiple times each week.

 

[theiaofseed]

Wonder if the AFL could survive another covid riddled season. Some ciubs would be extremely worried. Surely they have a contingency plan for a rapid season with no byes and all clubs playing multiple times each week.

If theres no plans in place the AFL is a joke

 

[killerspud]

If theres no plans in place the AFL is a joke

I've already put a * on the tigers and demons flags from 20 and 21. Happy to do it for 22 if we don't win it.

Looks like the perth teams will have to play away as games in Perth will be impossible unless they make a hub there

 

[MrPremiership]

So Bailey Smith

3

Bailey Smith

Age

24

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

just returned to training pretty quickly

 

[Off The Couch]

I've already put a * on the tigers and demons flags from 20 and 21. Happy to do it for 22 if we don't win it.

Looks like the perth teams will have to play away as games in Perth will be impossible unless they make a hub there

Why’s that

 

[Flukey!]

Why’s that

WA is closing borders again.
I think from Dec 26.

 

[Off The Couch]

WA is closing borders again.
I think from Dec 26.

And opening Feb 5

 

[PenAndPaper]

So Bailey Smith just returned to training pretty quickly

Had been MIA for 3 weeks before it though. Media took a while to catch on but he hadn't trained until today.

 

[Randy Campbell]

And opening Feb 5

Allegedly.

 

[Randy Campbell]

Allegedly.

No chance.

 

[hardway]

Wonder if the AFL could survive another covid riddled season. Some ciubs would be extremely worried. Surely they have a contingency plan for a rapid season with no byes and all clubs playing multiple times each week.

Full steam ahead for every code at every level in every other country.

 

[TheFourPillars]

Full steam ahead for every code at every level in every other country.

Not quite the Nfl has been affected this year as has so many other sports

 

[Ashman23]

Full steam ahead for every code at every level in every other country.

Also the NBA has now been postponing games due to lack of healthy players.

 

[Brishawk]

Full steam ahead for every code at every level in every other country.

Not even close to true.

 

[Nathan Detroit]

Not even close to true.

Actually a little bit true here. The NHL and the NBA are taking a week off to get players off protocol. There have been a few games rescheduled prior, but interestingly enough no restrictions on the crowds (to my knowledge anyway, might be some exceptions in Canada). Also interesting, only one player in the entire NHL has not been fully vaccinated, yet the team he is on did not cancel any games other than for opposing teams lack of players.

The NFL has done a little juggling, but played their games and all to full houses of fans.

College basketball has seen a couple of forfeits, but again, so far no crowd restrictions.

To be fair, many if not most arenas require proof of vaccination (but not ID).

 

[Sixpence]

Actually a little bit true here. The NHL and the NBA are taking a week off to get players off protocol. There have been a few games rescheduled prior, but interestingly enough no restrictions on the crowds (to my knowledge anyway, might be some exceptions in Canada). Also interesting, only one player in the entire NHL has not been fully vaccinated, yet the team he is on did not cancel any games other than for opposing teams lack of players.

The NFL has done a little juggling, but played their games and all to full houses of fans.

College basketball has seen a couple of forfeits, but again, so far no crowd restrictions.

To be fair, many if not most arenas require proof of vaccination (but not ID).

None of what you've just described is what I would call full steam ahead.

 

[Nathan Detroit]

None of what you've just described is what I would call full steam ahead.

None of what you've just described is what I would call full steam ahead.

Not disagreeing, but probably not as far as some would seem to assume. It's also only an indication of what's happening in the States, not in any of the other codes. Cheers.

 

[TylerDurden]

Birchall and his partner had a little boy. Welcome Billy Birchall!

 

[Agent Smith]

Birchall and his partner had a little boy. Welcome Billy Birchall!

BB will be a gun!!

 

[OnTheRocks]

BB will be a gun!!

I hope he gives it his best shot

 

[wahawk]

None of what you've just described is what I would call full steam ahead.

The 1st sentence of Detroit’s post might be worth reading again

 

[Mercy Seat]

Not disagreeing, but probably not as far as some would seem to assume. It's also only an indication of what's happening in the States, not in any of the other codes. Cheers.

EPL also being affected with postponements everywhere. Schedule is completely farked.