MRP / Trib. Tribunal Thread - rules and offences discombobulation

[Rendaw]

What a **** up by the club. Went into the tribunal with their pants down and now cant argue a ****ing thing

 

[KrispyKremeMullanikka]

“The lid is the top of the paint can, but it's also part of the paint can."

This is a literal quote from the Power's legal rep just now.

- David Zita

 

[Visenfest]

Doesn’t sound like the Appeals Board really cares or intends to overturn the decision. Take it to court.

 

[JakeNeadeFan]

Do we have the worst legal team ever assembled or something?

 

[Jello_B]

Are we assigned our lawyers by Christie’s Downs Council or something?

 

[Powerade 08]

Waste of time. Needed to threaten to take it to court

 

[Ant Bear]

Not sure if this means that the lid is off?

 

[Palpatine_Power]

They're not going to budge. They should have said as much prior.

Our legal defencee is also a joke.

 

[agmsy]

What exactly was he pleading guilty to? If there was a genuine belief that he made no high contact he should of plead not guilty because the charge was specifically for high contact.

It was an outstandingly dumb defence.

The tribunal guidelines make abundantly, inescapably clear that an offence can be graded as high contact if the victim sustains any high contact - direct or indirect - e.g., if their head hits the fence or the ground. This is not limited to tackles. This applies to bumps. Pretending otherwise would be stupid.

We accepted that the offence is high contact because Rankine's head hit the ground. We can contest the AFL's claim that Houston made contact with the top of Rankine's shoulder and Rankine's neck. I presume we view those as aggravating factors. If the bump is forceful but completely fair, i.e., Houston makes no direct high contact, then I think that's a mitigating factor worth pursuing.

 

[Coobk001]

Just for once it'd be nice to be one of the lucky teams on the right end of these decisions

 

[KrispyKremeMullanikka]

“The lid is the top of the paint can, but it's also part of the paint can."

This is a literal quote from the Power's legal rep just now.

- David Zita

Dennis Denuto is representing us… God help us!

 

[KrispyKremeMullanikka]

 

[Loyal2Port]

We wish it was Dennis Denuto.

 

[Palpatine_Power]

Zita thinks he's the funniest campaigner online doesn't he

 

[chachi11]

Lol....this is amateur hour

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

This David zita is a bit of a Pratt

 

[JakeNeadeFan]

The tribunal guidelines make abundantly, inescapably clear that an offence can be graded as high contact if the victim sustains any high contact - direct or indirect - e.g., if their head hits the fence or the ground. This is not limited to tackles. This applies to bumps. Pretending otherwise would be stupid.

We accepted that the offence is high contact because Rankine's head hit the ground. We can contest the AFL's claim that Houston made contact with the top of Rankine's shoulder and Rankine's neck. I presume we view those as aggravating factors. If the bump is forceful but completely fair, i.e., Houston makes no direct high contact, then I think that's a mitigating factor worth pursuing.

Only if the contact with the ground was reasonably foreseeable.

Which it was not. It is not reasonably foreseeable that a bump, any bump, will result in a concussion as a result of a players head hitting the ground.

If it was deemed to be reasonably foreseeable then effectively any bump can result in a concussion, which means that the bump is illegal.

The bump is not illegal. Ergo, he should of got off.

Literally the Razor Ray Chamberlain defence.

 

[KrispyKremeMullanikka]

 

[agmsy]

The paint can and vegemite jar stuff is stupid.

We can directly establish that Houston didn't hit the top of Rankine's shoulder because they are both upright at the time of collision.

 

[Ant Bear]

This is more like it

 

[Visenfest]

I hope Zita was taking those comments out of context, because on face value they are embarrassing.

At least the second rep has got to the bloody point.

 

[Brian McGee]

That last point is absolutely valid.

 

[agmsy]

This David zita is a bit of a Pratt

Can imagine him referring to his quips as "David Zingers". I'm sure people laugh very politely when he does.

 

[stewie griffen]

This David zita is a bit of a Pratt

You take that back!

Zita is amazing

 

[KrispyKremeMullanikka]