They don't schedule day games for state specific public holidays. Only exception is Kings Birthday, which isn't a holiaday in WA or QLD.
If they do try to take advantage of it, they'll play a game in Sydney on the Sunday night to take advantage of the day off the following day.
And that he's a recidivist. And that the players have no reason to lie, Collard did.
Wines statement contradicted Butters statement who also had a reason to lie.
And neither penalties were reduced on account of the Players being exonerated.
Whether the stories are inconsistent was irrelevant to his appeal.
The appeal was successful because the AB decided abusive language just isnt a big deal.
Adelaide did alot in that week to convince the AFL to reduce the sentence.
They just didnt realise that if they had appealled the sentence they might have been able to argue a 1 or 2 week penalty.