Andrew Gaff - RFA

[IceTemple]

I do laugh at the official AFL line, should go to the tribunal because it can be handled there. What the tribunal can send someone to jail and order them to pay thousands of dollars of compensation?

Lethal did it, was charged with assault, then appealed because the AFL punished him and the courts agreed, or something along those lines. That is why we have a tribunal so most likely a judge would do nothing with it because the perpetrator has been sufficiently punished. Also as it is a first offence he is likely not to cop that much of a punishment anyway.

[beer-man]

He reduced the penalty he did not overturn the charge.

GBH is a serious offence and you are going close to the big house. You will also be ordered to pay compensation to the victim, which the tribunal will not do.

There are plenty of instances where a person is twice punished, being charged with an offence then losing your job because of it for example.

[Tombob]

If big Aaron cops a 2K fine for his bump, the AFL will make an example out of Gaff tonight

[IceTemple]

He reduced the penalty he did not overturn the charge.

GBH is a serious offence and you are going close to the big house. You will also be ordered to pay compensation to the victim, which the tribunal will not do.

There are plenty of instances where a person is twice punished, being charged with an offence then losing your job because of it for example.

You another over-reactor to things? Seriously stop this stupid lines, you sound like the sooky media.

[FromTheAshes]

Ill guess around 8 weeks is the end result.

[Reboot]

Copper or legal beagle?

[DonBomb]

Punching an opposition player used to be a dark but more or less an acceptable part of footy, but let’s hope they try to stamp it out completely.

[efc1robbo]

I wish people would stop calling it a king hit. Also trying to analyse the punch from the ridiculous across the field footage is stupid. Clearly was a good connection. He broke his jaw and crushed four of his teeth.

Same

Isn’t a king hit when you hit someone from behind?

[Gwilty]

Any punch should incur a minimum one match penalty with that penalty increasing from that base according to circumstances, injury caused, prior history etc.
No more $1,000 fines which are a mockery given players are often on $500k plus. That’s 0.2% of their wages which almost encourages the cheap punch thanks to the AFL.

[Alan_Noonan_10]

Any punch should incur a minimum one match penalty with that penalty increasing from that base according to circumstances, injury caused, prior history etc.
No more $1,000 fines which are a mockery given players are often on $500k plus. That’s 0.2% of their wages which almost encourages the cheap punch thanks to the AFL.

Inclined to agree.

Jumper punches 1 week for below the neck
2 and above for above the neck
Non-jumper punches - same as jumer punches, going upwards in severity

That’ll get rid of a lot of it

[IceTemple]

Gleeson: “Good people do bad things. It doesn’t make them bad people. But the jury’s responsibility is to punish the act, not just the person, and the act is very bad.”

[HirdMentality]

They did that last year, zach got done in for a tummy punch

[IceTemple]

So Gleeson asked for 8-12 weeks (starting point for him) and Garce (defense) said it should start at 3 weeks,

[sorfed]

Depends who you play for.

[HirdMentality]

How ever many weeks he gets, he should be forced to pay any medical bills.

[IceTemple]

How ever many weeks he gets, he should be forced to pay any medical bills.

I assume it would be covered under insurance. So why make him pay the insurers, they get their money’s worth from everyone. Maybe a donation to some sort of charity would be better.

[IceTemple]

The AFL Tribunal will now deliberate.

[IceTemple]

We’re back. The Tribunal deliberated for 14 minutes.

[Maxx]

8 is about right.

[BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS]

derp