Hird's Legal Team : "Demetriou Conflicted" - The Age 12/8

[blackshadow]

Good analogy actually.

Capone got a 10 year prison sentence.

There was no attempt to give him life or the death penalty, ie try to hit him with the punishment for the crimes they "knew" he committed, without actually charging him with them.

10 year ban for Hird?

 

[Defacto]

First shot across the bow

you call that a shot?

yeh a spit ball maybe across the juggernaut of the afl

 

[Slax]

Adelaide got a heftier penalty to save Steven Trigg's bacon. If he had stepped down the penalty would have been less. Same thing for Essendon and Hird. If Hird steps down the penalty will likely will be reduced, if he doesn't the apocalypse option is on the table.

Too late for Hird to step down now, Essendon are going to have to brace for the penalty and if they fight they can expect round 2 to come in the way of the fixture for 2014. Essendon are waving fingers at the bloke carrying a baseball bat thinking he can't hurt them

 

[Big Sim]

I'd rather a completely independent panel sits on judgement, I don't trust the AFL commission. A panel comprised of Dermott Brereton, Robert Walls, John Elliot, Jeff Kennett, Greg Williams, Stephen Kernahan and Matthew Knights would be impartial and result in fair sanctions.

You left out Dean Robinson.

 

[Vikingblood]

Do you seriously expect procedural fairness from the AFL? The same mob who fined Melbourne despite finding them not guilty of tanking, and threw in the suspension of an Adelaide assistant coach for good measure? The same mob who allowed the entire 2002 trade period to expire before stripping Carlton of picks 1 and 2 in the National Draft, thoroughly shafting Richmond in the process?

It really doesn't matter if Demetriou is conflicted or not: Hird's legal team is wasting its breath.

I agree with you, however, this quote from the article is what sticks with me the most:



Andrew is on the public record saying he has received briefings throughout this case. But the body that rules on this case must be independent,'' Jess said.
That stance is backed by US Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart, who has called for the NRL and AFL to hand over their power to sanction players to ASADA, believing there's a conflict of interest if a sporting body is responsible for deciding the punishment of its own players. ''You can't police your own sport, even in the first instance,'' said Tygart, one of the key men responsible for exposing cyclist Lance Armstrong as a cheat.
''Sport organisers and administrators are going to take every inference or piece of evidence in favour to itself, to not embarrass themselves. It calls into question the legitimacy of the decision coming out of sport.''
Tygart described the investigations as the ''tipping moment for Australian sport''. ''Hopefully people realise that Australia is not immune from these same pressures of drug use and organised crime,'' he said.


Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/demetriou-conflicted-20130811-2rq9o.html#ixzz2biwGpnSb

 

[Slax]

you call that a shot?

yeh a spit ball maybe across the juggernaut of the afl

They thought it was the bow of the AFL, unfortunately for them all they did was put a whole in their lifeboat.

 

[jenny61_99]

Adelaide got a heftier penalty to save Steven Trigg's bacon. If he had stepped down the penalty would have been less. Same thing for Essendon and Hird. If Hird steps down the penalty will likely will be reduced, if he doesn't the apocalypse option is on the table.

No, that is incorrect. Trigg had offered to stand down. The Board wouldn't accept it. Trigg also didn't believe he was guilty (thought he'd fixed the deal once it was discovered, but clearly hadn't) - there's no way he would have accepted the guilty plea unless the Club's penalty was lessened.

 

[DonsRule]

Depends a lot, if he did tip off Essendon and had an outcome somewhat decided (maybe not discussed with other commissioners but, just plans he had with Evans, perhaps) than I think probably best he stands aside. He none of that or simular happened, he deserves too have his say in the decision..

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Or prejudge the matter. Which I am given to understand is can occur in that court.

95% of family disputes end up being settled in mediation. The other 5% are the ones that make it to court because one or both parties involved can't or wont make a compromise because they are belligerent and/or vindictive and/or irrational. You know the ones that blow up a family court building at Parramatta, shot and kill a family court judge, set off a bomb at another family court judges home etc.

 

[Ron The Bear]

You left out Dean Robinson.

And Scott McLaren.

 

[forwardflanker]

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