Waspy79
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The dictionary has been re-written today. A brace is now included in the definition of bump. Google it, it’s true.
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The incident I think you are talking about involved that moron Cameron and Dan Houston. Of course it was play on and the Crows scored from that missed Port free kick. However, Cameron was cited by the MRP and it cost him a fine. Please explain AFL?
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Capital called it yesterday
The panel said gray should have squibbed the contest (a contest he couldn’t see coming unless he was psychic)
Yet another incentive the afl is giving to players to go headfirst into contests
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The AFL may have backed themselves into a corner with this.
There is no leeway left and no possibility of overlooking any on-field bumps or hits of equal incidence this year.
So we now all understand and have a textbook definition of Gray's contact with McGovern is 1 game and not a fine, demerit points and not 'umpires now targeting' letoffs.
They have either gone all out with a strict no-tolerance approach for all onfield incidents of this kind or they soften and blunder a similar incident later in the year.
I don't agree with the 1 game ban for Gray but I'm a bit more content if Gray was an unfortunate first time offendee nabbed under the new rules.
There is no leeway left and no possibility of overlooking any on-field bumps or hits of equal incidence this year.
So we now all understand and have a textbook definition of Gray's contact with McGovern is 1 game and not a fine, demerit points and not 'umpires now targeting' letoffs.
They have either gone all out with a strict no-tolerance approach for all onfield incidents of this kind or they soften and blunder a similar incident later in the year.
I don't agree with the 1 game ban for Gray but I'm a bit more content if Gray was an unfortunate first time offendee nabbed under the new rules.
Agreed. With one hand. Whilst taking the exact same brace position on the side closest to your opponent and hitting them in the head with your shoulder. And mentioned, being captain of a Melbourne-based team in the finals helps.
Brace - When the player has the ball/ is making an attempt to grab the ball and anticipates contact.
Bump - When a player does not have the ball and anticipates contact.
Brace and make contact to face - No case to answer
Bump and make contact to face - 1 match ban (minimum).
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Griffin was our legal eagle
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When I first read about the result, and comments from the tribunal, I too was going to post the Python gif but beaten by Pappagallo
What on earth are we going to see this year?
What on earth are we going to see this year?
Waspy79
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Well we won’t be seeing R.Gray round 1.
The AFL really is dumb, that suspension won’t reform Gray or change player behaviour for the better. It will disenfranchise supporters though.
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We could have had Perry Mason, Cleaver Green and Rumpole of the Bailey defending Robbie he would not have got off. When an absolute know nothing like Woods can get away with ludicrous statements we know the result was predetermined.
The system is ****ed.
The really stupid thing is Robbie gets rubbed out for a minor round game after an incident in a pre season game but is still eligible for the Brownlow because the incident occurred in a pre season fixture. Yeah right.
2 points you make that show they are corrupt.
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The precedent has now been set...
...i'm sure it will be applied consistently during the course of the year*
*no, it won't, you got screwed, your club comes from the wrong state, and if you believe the consistency line, i've got a bridge to sell you
...i'm sure it will be applied consistently during the course of the year*
*no, it won't, you got screwed, your club comes from the wrong state, and if you believe the consistency line, i've got a bridge to sell you
Looks like I misunderstood, it was Mr Woods who said Robbie should’ve ran in the other direction by the looks of it
i just hope that when this happens, KT/Koch have the back bone to stand up and say "Gill, please explain how this is anything other then blatant bias. Now give us out 10K and pay our legal fees and guarantee moving forward our players will be adjudicated to the same standard as those from Vic"
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We all know that the only thing consistent with the MRP and the AFL Tribunal is it's inconsistency.
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Agree, this is the one thing that really pisses me off about the game at the moment. Say what you like about the SANFL but at least in pre-AFL days you didn't spend half of the game worrying whether players would be suspended for contesting the ball. Right now the SANFL has nearly caught up with the AFL in stupid rules but it was more about the game and the players in the 80s and 90s.
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Mark Griffin QC not Greg Griffin. He used to be a district court judge.
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I like it. Probably would never happen, but half the AFL would immediately do this:
Remember that time we thought Pannell's umpiring against the Bulldogs was a bit funny? We had someone take a photo of the stat software from CD, give it to someone else, who tweeted it showing a 17-1 free kick differential... as i recall the AFL had a shit-fit, and we did it sneaky. A full-frontal assault might cause a war.
I can't remember when, but we may have done it during the reign of Vlad the Impaler. You have Gillon "Never Be In The Same Room As A Decision" McLachlan, he's a pile of Jello, you might have a better chance
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**** I hope the 2018 Grand Final has 10 clashes exactly like this and 10 concussions evenly spread between the 2 teams. Lets see how the pricks at the AFL handle it then.
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Shocked to be sitting here.
Now i await the inevitable player from the hawks or cats or the like doing the same thing and getting off.
Now i await the inevitable player from the hawks or cats or the like doing the same thing and getting off.
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Again there should be at least acknowledgement of some responsibility of the person getting hurt that they should protect themselves better, McGovern should have turned his back and tucked his head in as one would have before the AFL incentivised players to lead with the head.
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Read somewhere on our board about someone here saying they love the club but are starting to hate the game. Pretty much sums up my feelings at this point and it makes me sad because this is only the tip of the iceberg. You just know any Port players minor indiscretion will cop the maximum punishment in relation to Vic players. We've seen it enough times to know.
These challenges are just gunna be big money grabs by the AFL. This will probably set the precedent of things not being successfully challenged and resulting in many $10,000 revenue grabs by the afl.
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