MRP / Trib. Tribunal Thread - rules and offences discombobulation

[Capital Power]

5 weeks for a legal bump that didn't even yield a free kick. Absolutely no way that happens to any other Club in this league.

Question: Why did we open asking for three? Why not just say it wasn't in breach of the rules and at worst was careless to the body.

 

[PAFC66]

Lol 5 weeks....and that's with a clean record?
**** off.

Pathetic . So the good bloke clause has been thrown out already?

 

[Capital Power]

Pathetic . So the good bloke clause has been thrown out already?

Only applies if you were a Prefect at the right private school...

 

[scotty13]

**** me. 5 weeks. People get less for murder!

 

[GremioPower]

Why did we open asking for three? Why not just say it wasn't in breach of the rules and at worst was careless to the body.

Because we are stupid

 

[manureid]

Well it's a few days late but the Crows finally won that Grand Final.

 

[Nemisis]

Take out an injunction Port. (whatever that is)
Ths is going to the High Court.
'This goes against the vibe'

 

[GremioPower]

SACK OUR LEGAL TEAM

 

[SonOfKek]

Can we please have Melbourne in it's entirety fired directly into the sun?

 

[PAFC66]

Just appeal it.

 

[240volt]

Going in for 3 weeks was always going to end bad.
They need to call Saul.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Reasons:

Izak Rankine

23

Izak Rankine

Age

24

Ht

181cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.7

4star

G

2.0

5star

D

13.0

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.7

4star

G

2.0

5star

D

13.0

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.7

5star

G

2.0

5star

was waiting under a high ball, he moving in the same direction as the ball, his eyes were on the ball, and he was exposed and vulnerable to any forceful contact from an opposing player.

An opposing player has a clear duty of care in these circumstances not to commit an act which can be reasonably foreseen to result in a reported offense.

Houston breaches that duty of care, and his breach was significant.

He had time to think, (that's bullshit) he had time to weigh up his options. He had time and the clear opportunity to tackle. He chose to run at speed for several meters and forcefully bumped Rankine.

We are satisfied he made forceful contact to Rankine's upper shoulder and neck. His forceful contact also resulted in Rankine's head making forceful contact with the ground.

Although Houston's feet did not leave the ground, and he appears to have made some attempt to lower his body, the time he had to decide not to bump, the vulnerability of Rankine and the speed and force of his impact, lead us to conclude that this was a serious breach of the duty of care.

Rankine could have expected to be tackled, he could not reasonably have expected to be bumped high. (says who)

The sanction is to be determined in the Tribunal's discretion. We’ve taken into account Houston's guilty plea, among other things, including his good record, his contrition and the need for consistency compared with other recent comparable Tribunal decisions.

Having done so, we consider the appropriate sanction is five weeks for the reasons set out above.

His carelessness was significant, the impact was severe. The immediate consequences for Rankine were evident, he was concussed, it appears his shoulder was hurt and there was the potential for more serious injury.

We do not consider the circumstances give rise to exceptional and compelling circumstances.

We do not consider the consequence of missing finals and potentially a grand final impacts the sanction that should be imposed, particularly for such a serious breach and such a significant injury. (lets see if they say that after a SF or PF game hearing)

 

[PowerLil]

Do we employ anyone with half a brain at that club?

 

[Vagabond0]

Following their same logic, if Willie did the same act guessing he would have got 15 weeks....

 

[Sewer de Lance]

The AFL is up there with FIFA as one of the most corrupt & untrustworthy sporting organisations on planet earth. Brayden Maynard

4

Brayden Maynard

Age

28

Ht

189cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

11.6

4star

HB

5.9

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.6

5star

MG

327.8

4star

D

20.7

5star

K

14.0

5star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.0

4star

MG

417.4

5star

D

13.8

4star

K

8.6

4star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.6

5star

MG

205.8

4star

would be pissing his pants in laughter tonight.

 

[chachi11]

The AFL is a circus.

 

[240volt]

Do we employ anyone with half a brain at that club?

Don’t look like it, we got posters that would have done a better job.

 

[manureid]

That ruling haha. Who could take this league seriously

 

[PAFC66]

Maynard got zero for a bump 100 times worse. Hilarious league

 

[GremioPower]

The AFL is up there with FIFA as one of the most corrupt & untrustworthy sporting organisations on planet earth. Brayden Maynard would be pissing his pants in laughter tonight.

FIFA is fairer.

 

[Janey]

and the need for consistency compared with other recent comparable Tribunal decisions.

HaHaHaHaHa

 

[PAFC66]

" It appears his shoulder was hurt " absolutely ****ing irrelevant

 

[Moo87]

Needed to go with the tried and tested ‘human frisbee’ defence that worked for Maynard…

 

[agmsy]

5 weeks for a legal bump that didn't even yield a free kick.

You can be unhappy with the penalty, but pretending that the tribunal must be consistent with or owes some kind of deference to the umpires - who routinely miss frees and f*** things up - is silly.

We do not consider the consequence of missing finals and potentially a grand final impacts the sanction that should be imposed, particularly for such a serious breach and such a significant injury. (lets see if they say that after a SF or PF game hearing)

"We do not consider Houston worthy of the same fellatory protection we afforded Maynard and Cotchin."

 

[ClintEastwood]

Reasons:

The sanction is to be determined in the Tribunal's discretion. We’ve taken into account Houston's guilty plea, among other things, including his good record, his contrition and the need for consistency compared with other recent comparable Tribunal decisions.

So the tribunal had FULL DISCRETION (i.e. they are not bound by any rules or regulations), and they chose to suspend for 5, give guilty plea, spotless record, contrition...

Bunch of campaigners.