I mean…let’s be honest. There are two actions here.
You can argue that Maynard was entitled to protect himself.
You can’t argue that it’s the same act as the smother because he’s changed his body.
You can’t argue that he didn’t have time to react because he did, he’s changed his body.
Now…if he’d maintained his stance and still hit him with a shoulder to the head, then I’d consider the ‘football act, nothing he could do’ argument.
I know I am a dinosaur, but we were always taught to turn our body and tuck in our shoulder in any potential bumping contest.
He will get suspended, but I am not sure he had any alternative. Wish we had blokes like him in our Team.
It wasn’t a bumping contest, though, was it.
I’m of the belief that categorising them as two separate actions is holding him to an impossibly high standard. The act happens in real time not slow-mo. I think he does nothing more than instinctively brace for contact once he sees an impending collision.
You and others see it differently which is fair.
Looking from behind, Maynard’s number 4 is visible at all times. There isn’t really much pivot going on except for the natural moment of collision instinct.
Yes it was, two players charging at each other is a bumping contest.
They weren’t charging at each other.
One was kicking the football.
You’re being very silly, and ‘in your day’ there would have been a full on Donnybrook after that incident.
Anyway. The AFL are all about optics and trying to find a middle ground that kind of pleases everyone. With that in mind I think he’ll get 1 week so that they’ve “done something” to react to the concussion lawsuit crew but yet not rule him out of a Grand Final to somewhat appease the ≈50% of people who see this as a non malicious enthusiastic attempt at a smother.
One bloke was running one way and one bloke the other way, that is charging at each other. and if Brayshaw could not see Maynard then he does have a vision problem.
I am not actually sure that even back in 1984 there would have been a big multiplayer fight, as most players would see that it was not a deliberate effort to hurt Brayshaw.
Reckon he will get 2 weeks.
I agree that would be the sensible decision, but you’ve forgotten the Collingwood discount.
I reckon Sydney and Carlton are the teams who get discounts/free rides at tribunals moreso than Collingwood.
You really do make it pointless discussing things with you when you say silly things like this.
I’m sure you’re right.
There’s also the Finals discount.
If he followed through with the smothering action, you’d be right.
But he didn’t, so you are wrong.
gotta get sent to the tribunal to get a free ride at the tribunal
thx Christian
However the ball was over 3 mt from Brayshaw, so impact happened well after the ball had left the vicinty.
Aren’t they best mates? Seems a odd thing to deliberately do to a good mate
Sydney… absolutely
It was careless, stupid, reckless, resulted in terrible injury and removed a vital player from the match, possibly from the rest of the finals. Cannot be less than 3 weeks. Will get off
