Maynard cleared by tribunal for Brayshaw collision

[Corn Cobbers]

THE AFL has opted against appealing the Tribunal's decision in the Brayden Maynard case, meaning the Collingwood defender is in the clear to play in the Magpies' preliminary final.

AFL ponders rule change after Maynard Tribunal call

The Brayden Maynard saga is officially over after the AFL opted not to appeal the Tribunal's decision

www.afl.com.au

The AFL, having brought the charge against Maynard, said on Wednesday that it would not challenge the Tribunal's ruling, but would comment further later in the day.

"The AFL has confirmed that after careful consideration and review of the Tribunal's decision and reasons following last night's hearing into the incident involving Collingwood's Brayden Maynard and Melbourne's Angus Brayshaw, the AFL has decided not to appeal the Tribunal's decision," a statement read.

"Per the Tribunal Guidelines the AFL had to make this decision by 12:00pm AEST today.

"The AFL will release a further statement later today."

Finally some sanity

 

[docko911]

What if Martin gets downgraded? What will parents do then?

Vote no to the voice

 

[Maddo11]

Ok so I'm late and I've just tuned in. Can someone fill me in with only one sentence what's happened so far so I can catch up.

Collingwood lawyers throw everything under sun at wall to see what sticks; Maynard holds toy football

 

[zhoung]

That’s basically what Maynard’s counsel is basing this on, Brayshaw moving. It’s ******* disgusting. The AFL should throw it out. Are they serious about head contact and concussions or Brayshaw moving about 8 inches to his right?

Read plenty of opinions on here stated as fact.
I agree Brayshaw concussion wouldn’t have occurred if he didn’t deviate off his line

 

[El_Scorcho]

I'm ambivalent about whether he should get off or not but this defence that Brayshaw moves off his line sure is s some horseshit. If you're kicking the ball long with a big follow through of the kicking leg you will always deviate off a straight line. You won't land on your feet otherwise.

Yep, and heavy contact to the head area was occurring regardless once Maynard decided to launch himself

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Yes. Brayshaw as per usual, intentionally tried to get a high free kick. Certainly careless, the AFL should ban Angus from the AFL

This is probably the worst take you will ever see.
Thanks Roby for your atrocious input on this discussion.

 

[Free Agent]

There's also an argument that within the context of the ability to pronoun a substance it's therefore an individual right to maintain constant evaluation.

Therefore in saying that it's quite obvious I have no idea what I'm saying.

 

[brutus76]

What sort of flowers did he bring over?

Did he actually buy them?

 

[ThatsjustDappa]

The biomechanist said that Maynard put himself in a situation where he was totally out of control, like a frisbee with legs.

Sounds like they accidentally hired a bio machinist instead.

 

[El_Scorcho]

That wasn't the line of argument raised in the post I replied to.

The careless element is refuted by the evidence that Brayshaw deviates into Maynard's line, meaning the result was not reasonably foreseeable by Maynard at the time he committed to his action.

He doesn't deviate outside of the norm for a player kicking a ball. The heavy head high contact was happening regardless.

 

[ashep]

The facts are pretty clear.

Maynard was entitled to leave the ground, the collision was unavoidable, but Maynard deliberately chose to brace his body in a way that ended up collecting Brayshaw square in the head.

That's not to say he intended to hit him in the head or hurt him, but that was the consequence of his reckless choice. You're an idiot if you think he was incapable of positioning his body in any other way.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

It didn't.

Bullshit. We all watched the game. Every time Maynard went near it he got enormous cheers for knocking out Brayshaw.

 

[DonsRule]

Did the biomechanics expert give any evidence about the movements of the kicker post kicking the ball, and that Brayshaw’s movements went against the norm? Or are they just eating up he submissions as evidence?

From what was posted here just words said Collingwood players tend to move the other way

 

[eastfreo75]

Scott Pendlebury?

Maynard played high level junior basketball but in the same level as Pendlebury.

 

[Maggie5]

AFL counsel has missed a key point. Plenty of talk of an instinctual reaction.

Instinct: an innate, typically fixed pattern of behaviour in animals in response to certain stimuli.

Now if I run in the direction of someone who is running towards me and we look like we are going to collide, my instinct is to put my arms out in front, not to turn my body to the side.

I'd be questioning if an instinct can be learned and if not, this was not an instinctual reaction rather a learned protective behaviour.

Not me, I would step aside.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

I’m still in disbelief that this actually happened. One of the poorer things you will see from opposition fans.

Excuse me

They were booing our player, who did nothing wrong, we supposed to just cop that?

 

[caloschwaby]

Bullshit. We all watched the game. Every time Maynard went near it he got enormous cheers for knocking out Brayshaw.

Oh you watched the game did you? I went to the game, Ponsford Stand, myself and everyone around me clapping Brayshaw off. Must've just been seeing shit then. Yeah we were all actually cheering with glee that Brayshaw got injured of course and not just drowning out Dees' supporters boos (which to be fair wasn't a hard thing to do)

 

[Coasters7]

That wasn't the line of argument raised in the post I replied to.

The careless element is refuted by the evidence that Brayshaw deviates into Maynard's line, meaning the result was not reasonably foreseeable by Maynard at the time he committed to his action.

It depends where the beginning of the action is measured from. It’s careless to leave the ground in the direction of an opponent regardless of if Brayshaw moved into his “lane”.

 

[Harry_O]

Bullshit. We all watched the game. Every time Maynard went near it he got enormous cheers for knocking out Brayshaw.

He got cheered to drown out the boos.

 

[Elixuh]

Is the biochemist the same one Essendon used?

 

[Vindicater]

This is probably the worst take you will ever see.
Thanks Roby for your atrocious input on this discussion.

Roby has lost the plot since this started.

 

[90sroo]

Read plenty of opinions on here stated as fact.
I agree Brayshaw concussion wouldn’t have occurred if he didn’t deviate off his line

Yep thought that from the start .. what was Brayshaw doing , surely he had a greater chance of moving / putting his arms up to protect himself then a bloke in the air … does he have any spacial awareness ?

 

[eastfreo75]

Maynard has a history of hitting players in the head. Maybe he very unlucky or maybe very restless.

 

[FireKrakouer]

What sort of flowers did he bring over?

Did he actually buy them?

These are the sorts of questions we actually need answered!

 

[Roby]

This is probably the worst take you will ever see.
Thanks Roby for your atrocious input on this discussion.

All good. Now go back to disliking 10 of my posts in a minute.

 

[RAPPA]

That wasn't the line of argument raised in the post I replied to.

The careless element is refuted by the evidence that Brayshaw deviates into Maynard's line, meaning the result was not reasonably foreseeable by Maynard at the time he committed to his action.

There was no evidence adduced that Brayshaw acted out of the norm after kicking the ball, or that his positioning was so far out of the realm of what would be reasonably foreseeable. This is evidence from the bar table which ought not carry any weight.