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Brisbane Bears were a new club who the merged with Fitzroy in '96 to create the Brisbane Lions.
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No. Originally they were a new club, the Brisbane Bears, joining the VFL in 1987 (at the same time as the West Coast Eagles).
They merged with Fitzroy, forming the Brisbane Lions - who played their first game in 1997.
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Well it was barely a merger, only 8 players went from Fitzroy to Brisbane with Chris Johnson being the best of the eight.
Players had a free choice. They can't be forced to join a club even if in a merger. Port obviously approached him at the right time.
Higgins suspension is an outright disgrace to AFL and stands to show everything that is wrong with the concussion rules.
To sum up, the AFL industry is panicking over law suits and concussion, Higgins had to be scapegoated for something Aliir did to himself.
OK first of all Higgins isn't totally innocent. Higgins did do everything in his power to bring him to ground. But under the laws you are allowed to tackle players to ground. So at what point does the onus of duty of care transfer from the tackler to the tacklee?
There is no doubt the only reason Aliir went to ground and didn't stand up in the tackle was because he tried to kick the ball to avoid holding the ball which resulted in him losing balance. Which is the entire cause of the outcome. Its the equivalent of players ducking into tackles to try and win head high free kicks.
To me a punishment has to be seen as a deterrent towards similar future acts. Tell me, whats the deterrent here? Are you telling players not to take them to ground anymore? are you telling players to help your opponent stand up in a tackle on the off chance they might try and kick the ball? like what are you telling players here. This is why its pathetic. The tribunal took 3.5 hours to come to a decision. This tells you not a single person in that room felt he should be suspended for it, but they had to be seen to punishing those that result in concussion.
But then we look at Butters. Butters got off for flying into a contest completely reckless. So yeah, the AFL is all over the shop. On one hand you want to be seeing to do stuff but in others, oh its ok, nothing to see here...hey everyone look at the Brownlow medal....so shiny.
To sum up, the AFL industry is panicking over law suits and concussion, Higgins had to be scapegoated for something Aliir did to himself.
OK first of all Higgins isn't totally innocent. Higgins did do everything in his power to bring him to ground. But under the laws you are allowed to tackle players to ground. So at what point does the onus of duty of care transfer from the tackler to the tacklee?
There is no doubt the only reason Aliir went to ground and didn't stand up in the tackle was because he tried to kick the ball to avoid holding the ball which resulted in him losing balance. Which is the entire cause of the outcome. Its the equivalent of players ducking into tackles to try and win head high free kicks.
To me a punishment has to be seen as a deterrent towards similar future acts. Tell me, whats the deterrent here? Are you telling players not to take them to ground anymore? are you telling players to help your opponent stand up in a tackle on the off chance they might try and kick the ball? like what are you telling players here. This is why its pathetic. The tribunal took 3.5 hours to come to a decision. This tells you not a single person in that room felt he should be suspended for it, but they had to be seen to punishing those that result in concussion.
But then we look at Butters. Butters got off for flying into a contest completely reckless. So yeah, the AFL is all over the shop. On one hand you want to be seeing to do stuff but in others, oh its ok, nothing to see here...hey everyone look at the Brownlow medal....so shiny.
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Alistair Lynch went alright.
Alistair Lynch went alright.
Lynch joined the Bears prior to the Merger in 1994.
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Useless AFL stats on FB. To match up against the fruit team.I've got no idea where this originated, but * me I laughed a lot harder than I should! Jacob van Beetrooten
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Seeds on the inside, so yes, it's technically a fruit.
As a useless fact, the tomato (botanically a fruit) has been declared to be legally a vegetable by the US Supreme Court, and watermelon (botanically a fruit) is the State Vegetable of Oklahoma. Only in the USA!
Haha **** the head on Bailey Bananafield
It was declared a vegetable for the purpose of tax classification, based on the 'ordinary usage ' of fruit vs vegetable vs the 'botanical definition'. Couldn't fly today with these literalist judges!
Also tomato sauce on a pizza counts a serve of vegetables for school lunch purposes.
Always preferred Seeds on the outside, he was a terrific winger before the concussion
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Durian actually tastes pretty good... if you can ever get past the smell.Taylor Durian
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Why? Why do we need things legally declared as fruits or vegetables?
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I'll try it one day... hey if they can genetically remove seeds, surely smell can't be too hard!
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When are the North getting cut from the AFL to make room for Tasmania drums gonna get louder?
It seems like the correct way to go about it
Give all North players the choice to join Tassie or enter a mini draft where any club can pick them.
It seems like the correct way to go about it
Give all North players the choice to join Tassie or enter a mini draft where any club can pick them.
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