Interestingly, i’ve recently been talking with lawyers about privacy law stuff and they’re pretty bloody antsy about “what matters is, ‘could we have done more, within reason?’ and if the answer is ‘yes’ and we didn’t we’re fkd”
That is, they think possibility eats optics for breakfast, in a courtroom.
I gave the high contact one more points because of cte, but obviously I’m whinging about something more fundamental to the love of footy.
@Albert_Thurgood it’s not about another lever for AFL corruption - only blatant cheating by players (which is indeed rampant, and will get more so, with professionalisation and clubs being corporations hellbent on winning) would be penalisable
So how do you stop some teams copping penalties while we all know some players get perennially rewarded for doing it. Who is going to be the unbiased arbitrator? Hope it wouldn’t be Michael Christian and his match review panel because we all know how fair their calls always are.
I have never understood why ducking or leading with the head hasn’t been stamped out. Pretty simple really. If you review footage and it looks like a player has dropped his knees or driven into a player with his head deliberately to get a free, they should be heavily fined. Players will eventually stop doing it.
Alternatively, adopt the swinging arm rule they use in League. Over the shoulder is fine, as long as its not forceful. That will clean it up - dropping the knees has no benefit.
League has changed a lot now as well. There is now a lot more emphasis on a “Duty of care” rule so even if you trip over your own feet and fall into your opponent slightly high it’s a penalty. Have a look at last nights Souths v Manly game. Their rules are now also a dogs breakfast.
Can someone clarify what the umpire contact rule is? Umpire backed into players twice in Q2 and fell over twice. Against the dons player (who was being pushed) - free kick. Against a blues player - play on.
I believe if it is seen who bumped into the ump then a free is paid.
In the first instance another ump saw it was Robey and pinged him (even though he was being pushed into it). In the second the other umps didn’t see who it was so no free was paid. Cripps will be fined.
This may offend members of the fairer sex, and some more left leaning members of the male society, but Eleni is the worst ■■■■■■■ umpire in the AFL right now. The dumb ■■■■■ has absolutely no ■■■■■■■ clue about the game she is in control of. No awareness of where to position herself, no idea about the ■■■■■■■ rules of the game and no feel for the flow of the sport.
Yeah but the diversity. Imagine how bad it would be if undeserving women didn’t also get the chance to fark us over in a game. Now she knows what it feels like to get a win.
