BET HE SAYS NOTHING UNLES SOME ONE ASKS
C'mon HH - you love Twitter, please do the BF Hawks a community service, and post this on his feed!
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BET HE SAYS NOTHING UNLES SOME ONE ASKS
lol i would not word it right last time i said something to a reporter i got a pm saying they had a reliable source , i am not so sure any more that i want to do this one i only get on now and thenC'mon HH - you love Twitter, please do the BF Hawks a community service, and post this on his feed!
I know this has been done to death, but was just mentioned on footy classified that Jordan Lewis was spoken to about how he publicly criticised Lake after last weeks game. Lake felt like he had 4 weeks before he walked into the tribunal after what his team mates has already said.
Lake is on the footy show this week, I really hope he doesn't expand on this, I know he was upset, and I agree with him, but it needs to stay in-house.
As an example of just how out of hand this whole story got, this just appeared on my Facebook feed:
Kangaroos-Hawks clash in Australia
Just a 4-game ban for trying to strangle an opponent
http://www.marca.com/2014/07/21/en/football/barcelona/1405933697.html
How ridiculous is it all. I have said it before.... Things just as bad, or worse, happen weekly when 2 big guys are standing up and wrestling. Because Lake jumped on him and they were on the ground it looked worse than it was. He gets 4 for not even phasing an opposition player because "it was not a good look". I hope they view Vickerys king hit the same, terrible look for the game.
From last nights game it looks like Vickery will get 5 for king hitting a guy, while he was not looking I might add, and knocking him out cold. If he gets 5 for that and Lake gets 4 for what he did it will be a huge discrepancy in the 2 findings. What am I saying, we are talking about the MRP of course, Vickery will be cleared due to insufficient force. you know, like Hawkins, when he hit Langford and caused him to lose his lunch. No force their at all fellas, well not compared to the big, bad Brian Lake incident anyway.
Whole system needs an overhaul
Need to get some independent MRP people with a background in law.
Then they can deal with the facts without the media generated hysteria and mete out suitable punishment on a case by case basis. All the carry over points crap and early guilty pleas needs to be gotten rid of. If you have MRP history you should expect it to go badly.
Then all the people with a vested interest (read media, AFL, opposing clubs) in any outcome can all pull their biased heads in while the perpetrator gets a fair hearing based on the "latest offence" and previous history if they have any. That is providing the MRP got it right the "last time".
Scarily, there is much truth in what you say. Just one game to talk about and analyse for a good 12-16 hours. There's a lot of column inches and airtime (not to mention page hits) that needs filling.The friday night loading
I reckon 3 weeks is enough for Vickery - but it is a far more serious and more so a "bad look for the game" than ol Lakey.Clarkson's suggestion that events that arise on a Friday night should be dealt with on a Sunday has great merit but has been ignored by most people. Every person and their dog had opinions on the Lake incident and now the Vickery incident. Both have been hung drawn and quartered in the media for several days. It was clear that anything less than a month off for Lake would have caused outrage in the media and the AFL is nothing if not conscious of its image in the media. Expect Vickery to also cop a heavy suspension, notwithstanding his public remorse.
I reckon 3 weeks is enough for Vickery - but it is a far more serious and more so a "bad look for the game" than ol Lakey.
Clarkson's call has complete merit as the media moves so fast now and is accessible more than ever giving them a greater voice. Even with a Sunday tribunal there would be ample time for media hysteria.
For those in the know, why was vickery given 5 but able to take 4 because he hadn't been given the opportunity to plead guilty earlier on
Was this given to lake