AFL need to smell the coffee …yet again. World Rugby, deliberate elbow to the head … sayonora for 2-3 weeks. No money or financial mitigation involved. For those head slams into the turf or shoulders into the head without arms. Gone.
Rugby is not AFL but the hits and damage there are huge and mounting. And that code is responding properly.
If a player is taken out by an illegal act on the field then that player should sit out the same time as the player they beaned.
Third party sitting in The umpires box should be able to let the Maggot’s know there is a send off based on video and umpiee evidence.
Players like buddy get rewarded for taking out other players by never getting suspended and leaving the other team a player down. I
Our tribunal is chook lotto, and you want footy’s version of the third umpire to make a call within minutes?
Hell to the No.
It’s a terrible, terrible idea.
I don’t care if it’s, ‘only when…’
Some self-aggrandising umpire will ignore that and make his own call out of freaking nowhere, sure as eggs.
I don’t trust them to even get decisions on free kicks or marks right, I sure as hell will not trust them with the decision to remove a player from the game.
Griffin Logye runs past the ball and takes out a player who has his head over the ball, then appeals against his 1 week ban. He should be happy with the 1 week.
Harry McKay got a one match ban for striking Sheezel.
I expect the Blooos to appeal against it.
Dunstall is already arguing for him just to be fined.
Why did Will Day get two matches and Rohan only one??
Just watched the two incidents again and i am still perplexed as to how he saw them differently?
Cause one plays for Hawthorn while the other one plays for the afls love child
The Dawk’s tackle was rated high impact.
Rohan’s tackle was rated medium impact.
Fark carlton
Suprise suprise. Another big name gets off
I would be absolutely livid if today I saw that one of our players copped a 2 week suspension for this.
I get the whole concussion thing but it’s jarring to think that we are at the stage where a good tackle that didn’t have 2 actions (no slinging action) where the player tackled got up, took the free kick and played out the match, can result in a player being banned for two matches.
It’s Hawthorn so fark them and all that but this really is a travesty IMO.
AFL threatening to intervene in Patty McCartin’s concussion issues.
Follows up by letting this flog off with a warning.
FARK CARLTON
If the Swans don’t intervene first, then the AFaiL must.
kick interference procedure?
■■■■ take?