So any contact to the head now will be graded as such? A high tackle for example?
should have been inserted between âtoo difficult to organise 22 players to playâ and âtoo difficult to drive to tullaâ⌠an oversight on my part
Whatevs Richo.
Now? Itâs been like that for a number of years now.
ANY contact, ⌠incidental or not, ⌠Gawn.
too difficult to contest⌠weak
Iâve see a few Dusty fends that dont
Careless conduct with low impact to the headâŚ
Poor old Dusty would be broke if that was upheld.
Except on about 10 occasions this year when the rulings have been tweaked to allow for incidental head contact. Prime example Burton electing to bump and knocking out Higgins.
The fact he had to do that release says more about esendon fans than anything else
It was needed given how weak we look by not fighting it. Also I think the content says more about the club. No willingness to fight. We might not win so we wonât even bother trying.
WE stand for nothing. WE roll over like dead cockroaches. We really are pathetic.
Does it say anything about the countless opposition fans who were not just surprised, but angry at the decision?
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Also, fark the AFL.
We may as well fold. We stand for nothing.
Embarrassed for the club.
If they contested it surely the video evidence gets sidelined and it all comes down to Jaeger saying if he was hit in the head or not. Hawthorn would do us inâŚ
The overreaction in this thread is over the top. And not the Stallone type.
He elected to bump, the player was injured (concussed), Hawks shopped us in with the medical report.
Thatâs more than likely why the fine was issued. The whole year has been based around and injury based fine system, not the action.
âOh, he was hurt, someone has to burn for this!â Thatâs it in a nutshell. If Omera jumped up quickly without consequence, more than likely nothing happens.
Irrespective of hysteria or not, there do seem to be different rules for different players/teams. Yes, it is supposed to be that the head is âsacrosanctâ but it seems to depend on whose head and who makes the contact. We do seem to be on the receiving end of any fines, etc. a lot more than some.
So the AFL just profited $2k from an idiotic decision?
The only way to repair the balance is to take it back off the AFL and give it to Francis:
- Deprive the AFL of your money for a whileâŚswitch off their mediaâŚdonât go to a non-Essendon match.
- If you see Francis around, offer to pay for his coffee or lunch.
I know itâs tiny ($2k). That just means it should be very easy to achieve.
Where are you getting the concussion report from? No mention in AFL website.
Also as stated above you can knock someone out by bumping and get off - reference Burton on Higgins. So why did this one attract a fine?
Our consideration to challenge was significant but based on all information available to us, we determined the charge would be difficult to overturn at tribunal,â Richardson said.
_ âThe decision to accept the fine was agreed on by all parties, in consultation with Aaron.â _
Aaron Francis accepted his $2000 fine for rough conduct after his bump on Jaeger OâMeara was graded as careless conduct with low impact to the head.
So the membership is not privy to this âinformationâ.
WHY NOT???
The information is that we asked the AFL âwhy?â and they replied âbecause fark you, thatâs whyâ.
Sadly Iâm only partially joking.