I guess Sidey is just not the sharpest tool in the AFL.
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Just bringing the last two topics together in the thread. When is someone running with the story that Sidebottom was actually at Wells’ house to negotiate the handling of the deep seeded race issues at Collingwood?
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No club would be happy with their blokes going that hard in season.
There sure are some dodgy characters hanging around the Hanmer St commission flats.
AFL website now spinning a possible compassionate get out clause for Sidearse. Fark off. Where was that clause when Connor was banned for one week for visiting his Foster family?
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If I had Twitter I’d ask that moron the question
I have! 
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And it is Collingwood and the AFLPA that are pushing for this.
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I’d be comfortable if the AFL approved the visit to Howe on compassionate grounds. As I understand the issue is the length of visit, not that he visited Howe at all. Technically, Conor shouldn’t have visited his host family at all, it’s that simple - as cold hearted as that is.
As to the other breaches, no chance in hell he’s getting off on those, he’s copping multiple weeks for sure.
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And the fact he used an Uber to get there, to leave there, and visited a non-approved person thereafter.
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However, it’s understood there is a clause in the AFL’s protocols that allows players to attend a house other than a family member if it is for compassionate reasons.
Due to Jeremy Howe’s serious injury the night before, this could potentially wipe the first breach of spending multiple hours at his place.
Collingwood is obviously trying to reduce the number of games the club’s vice-captain will miss.
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So him visiting people he considers family can’t be for compassionate reason because he needed their support? Seriously get lost with “as cold hearted as that” crap.
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and drank alcohol there and stayed longer than he should have and went to another persons place and drank more alcohol and tried again to call an uber and had to be driven home by police.
As cold as that
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That’s crap.
If so he could drive his car there or be dropped off by his/Dunn’s partner not Uber. And he could stay there less than 2hrs.
In any case he is allowed to visit team mates regardless so would need no compassionate reason.
And there is surely no such reason to go to Wells house
Except Conor Was allowed to do that, he just didn’t get pre-approval for what he was allowed to do.
Did Sidebottom get pre-approval for what he was allowed to do?
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You could definitely argue, I’m not disputing that, AFL elected not to.
I wouldn’t blame them if they elected to apply compassion to Sidebottom’s visit to Howe, it’s an argument you could make, equally they may choose not to.
There is no issue with him visiting Howe, but there is an issue in him staying too long and then doing all the rest. Visiting Howe is not even up for concern, it is allowed, how it can then be used for “compassionate” reasons is beyond me. Go around in your car, visit for an hour, then leave in your car and go home and drink yourself to oblivion if you so choose.
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Maybe there’s compassionate grounds for him to stay longer than the 2hrs? I guess that’s the argument they’ll be making. Head office will make their decisions on that.
An injured teammate is considered compassionate grounds but being 20,000kms from home isn’t?
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+1. Back on the 15th of June when players were told they were allowed to surf and golf they were also given “conditional permission” to visit the houses of teammates and immediate family (according to the article on AFL.com.au.) His visit to Howe would be covered by this (unless that rule was repealed and I missed it, which is possible.) Perhaps the maximum duration, and a compassionate cause was covered in those conditions.