Certified Legendary Thread Patrick Cripps and Ah Chee

[JustaBattler]

Probably the best result anyway. Nowhere to hide when the Blues lose their last two

I'd take yortu view a tad more seriously if your mob weren't lining up for the last game of the season- maybe you and the tugger supporter in here with such strong 'feelings' - have slight conflicts of interest to declare?

 

[HereComesJuddy]

Why are you bringing up Cotchin anyway? It’s an incident from 5 years ago, the AFL have altered every interpretation of head high contact since then, they’ve gone out of their way to protect players from concussion.

Why are you on this thread is the better question? It has nothing to do with your team

 

[carlton_99]

I know you’re happy because you support Carlton, but it’s an appalling decision and you cannot say otherwise

"You cannot say otherwise" - why? because that view does not match your own?

 

[FourthTimeAround]

You're allowed to jump at the ball. Watch a game and you'll see it happen all the time.

You’re also allowed to bump. You’re also allowed to slide along the ground knees first.
However, where your opponent is and whether your action is dangerous to an opponent matters.
Cripps knew Ah Chee was there. He chose to jump. Into Ah Chee. But apparently allowed to do that and hit the head.
for this week at least.

 

[Stamos]

The contact aspect of the sport is fine. The issue is he jumped for a ball that was already on the downward trajectory and he was coming in second to the contest and chose to jump. As soon as he chose to jump then it was an issue and he became liable.

The fact he got of on a technicality is bullshit and the AFL have huge egg on their face because of this.

Ah Chee jumped for the ball after Cripps. So should he be liable?

 

[thefrog]

Love the bloke and happy he’s playing the last two rounds but this was and should be two weeks.

That Rioli decision is going to haunt the AFL unless they change the interpretation/wording

 

[HereComesJuddy]

Sorry I care for head injuries

Well we look forward to your stance when a Collingwood player is on the same page as Cripps was

 

[BlueBayou]

I can't imagine the melts if Cripps gets 6 Brownlow votes in the next 2 weeks and snags Charlie...

 

[Checkered]

Shameful

 

[carlton_99]

Sorry I care for head injuries

Everybody cares about head injuries. But sometimes they are the result of incidental contact. Matt Kennedy was concussed and fractured his cheek against the Crows because of incidental contact. Happens to players all the time. 100% it is unfortunate but it is the product of AFL being a contact sport

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Don’t really understand how he got off but ah well, he did. Well played.

 

[FourthTimeAround]

Ah Chee jumped for the ball after Cripps. So should he be liable?

Ah Chee was first to the ball so your argument is mute. But to humour you, imagine the damage to Ah Chee if he hadn’t jumped?

 

[SplintWhisky]

Ah Chee jumped for the ball after Cripps. So should he be liable?

Ah Chee left the ground before Cripps. Maybe check the tape before making a claim that can be so easily refuted.

 

[HereComesJuddy]

You’re also allowed to bump. You’re also allowed to slide along the ground knees first.
However, where your opponent is and whether your action is dangerous to an opponent matters.
Cripps knew Ah Chee was there. He chose to jump. Into Ah Chee. But apparently allowed to do that and hit the head.
for this week at least.

Did you make a song and dance back in round 1 re Rioli and Rowell? I'd love to know how passionate you were back then

 

[adammania9]

Well we look forward to your stance when a Collingwood player is on the same page as Cripps was

it already happened and Maynard wasn’t afforded the same fate because he isn’t a brownlow favourite and doesn’t wear navy blue

 

[JustaBattler]

Ah Chee was first to the ball so your argument is mute. But to humour you, imagine the damage to Ah Chee if he hadn’t jumped?

he has a duty of care to look after himself- as well - the way he approached that contest was trying to milk a free - pretty obvious

 

[LukeParkerno1]

If they didn’t make such a howler with the Rioli decision it may not have come to it.

Tht said it’s clear the AFL counsel was a buffoon

 

[Blues_Man]

Love the bloke and happy he’s playing the last two rounds but this was and should be two weeks.

That Rioli decision is going to haunt the AFL unless they change the interpretation/wording

Yeah..now go change your profile to who you actually support..troll

 

[HereComesJuddy]

it already happened and Maynard wasn’t afforded the same fate because he isn’t a brownlow favourite and doesn’t wear navy blue

Oh my! And you were on Maynard's side or totally against him and wanted him suspended?

 

[kaiserchief13]

The amount of clowns in here that still don't get that the tribunal *ed up is why he got off. The AFL aren't saying the action was okay but their lawyers s**t the bed and Cripps got off on a technicality.

What technicality is that?

 

[Stamos]

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Ah Chee left the ground before Cripps. Maybe check the tape before making a claim that can be so easily refuted.

You're using a still image?
Maybe watch it in motion?

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Don’t really understand how he got off but ah well, he did. Well played.

"The video did not reveal a bump, it set out as a contest for the ball that resulted in a collision"

Simple as that really

I disagree but that's how they saw it

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Anyone remember this shit:

"the player doesn't have the right to contest the ball without any limits and without any obligations"

"what you can't do is leave your opponent concussed with your actions"

 

[Daka]

Game is Corrupt

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

For the legal buffs and admittedly this source is a Carlton fan and a lawyer provides a good summary of why the appeal was allowed. Basically not presenting the evidence that he was bumping Ah Chee not contesting it so that Cripps lawyer or Cripps could argue against it and then relying on it to reject Cripps appeal was a legal **** up by the AFL.