Essendon players have received fines for playing fairly against a protected species.
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AFL greed explained in a gif.
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Essendon youngster Aaron Francis was also handed a $2000 fine for his bump on Jaeger OâMeara, with the incident classified as careless conduct with low impact to the head.
Have a look a look at the video via the above link, complete rubbish.
Thereâs no contact to the head
Must be the Jaegar OâMeara protected species rule
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Wonderful fair bump. I bet a Hawks medical report came with that.
Got him clean
Same fine for this tackle, compare the impact and how deliberate it was.
That wasnât worth 2k either.
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Only one action⌠should also not have been given a fine.
"but Brian Taylor thought this tackle was âdangerousâ "
But regardless, Parfitt pinned the Richmond players lower arm and there was significant impact to the head, perhaps not a classic sling tackle but compared to Francis a lot more dangerous.
âBANG!â
Seems there is a disconnect at the AFL as to what is a great part of our game and what must be stamped out.
Did the communication specialist also get a $2000 fine?
Michael Christian needs to fk off out of this sport for good
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And take Steve farking Hocking with him
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Gillâs new mates.
get stuffed
I just canât see any head contact in that bump at all.
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Maybe, but only if you look for it forensically.
Itâs hard to make sense of how they decide these matters. The stuff youâd think should get a bigger penalty doesnât, and the little stuff does. Massive lack of commonsense and consistency.
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Also bizarre to call it a low impact hit. It was a high impact hit - if Francis had hit JOM in the head with that force he would be KOâd. Only conclusion is he did not connect with head.
Based on this how could Christian think Hodge v Heppell was OK?
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This is some grade A, sweet sweet piece of aiiiice buuulllsheiiiiiit.
That is the very definition of a fair and affective bump.