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Bush league, doing bush league things again.

Surely the next question then is are the AFL’s match day protocols for concussion appropriate?

This certainly appears to constitute negligence in terms of their duty of care to the players. It was a big collision, and both players appear pretty dazed afterwards and stumbled off the field. Why not at least do a concussion test? If the answer involves how long left in the match then it’s...

What are you talking about? Completely different situations. All of those things were in the play, not off the ball. Another difference is Greene had AFL media going after him, not making up weird things to defend him.

Cotchin kicked spikes up with force into an opposition player’s leg/knee with high potential to cause injury. He did so deliberately and off the ball. It’s irrelevant who the player on the receiving end was. Most other players in the league would receive far worse than a small fine, especially...

Without checking the stats, anecdotally it felt like the best we’ve done from the umps in years. Certainly wouldn’t expect this treatment when we’re in finals/flag contention.

1. Richmond’s free kick differential is a product of the way they play the game. Arguably they should be penalised more, and the leniency shown actually helps them be successful. 2. They copped the rough end of it from the umps last night at important moments, but hey welcome aboard. 3. If...

The AFL is either serious about protecting the head, or it isn’t. If they are then any player intentionally slamming another player’s head into the ground should get multiple weeks. To make it worse, both Cameron and Keays were defenceless at the time and the incidents occurred behind the play...

Accidents are going to happen mate, but from the footage it looks like one went lower than the other.

Patrick Dangerfield magically became the best bloke in the world when he moved to Geelong, according to the AFL and associated media. This despite being the same guy he was the previous season when he was at the crows.

Isn’t it funny how they find new and interesting reasons to suspend non-Victorian players, and for Vic based “stars” they find new and interesting ways to get them off.

Why the heck is the hearing on a Thursday, after teams are named?! Edit: We have the bye lol. Still, weird timing.

In all seriousness there are dozens of collisions that have happened like this during this season so far alone. Heck, multiple just in this round of football which were actually slightly worse actions. Yet here we are… If Mackay gets suspended for this then the league is essentially saying the...

AFL to instigate a policy of give way to your right?

Both players arrived at the ball at the same time and both got hands to the ball. We could plausibly end up with situations where both players wait for the other to gain possession for fear of missing weeks. “After you…” “No no I insist, after you”

The AFL really could make a rod for their own back here. If they suspend Mackay for going for the ball, and later in the season a big name player from a Victorian team accidentally injures someone on the eve of finals they’ll have no wriggle room.

I agree, but they were off the mark for a while and what we’re seeing in recent years is a late adjustment in the scheme of things. Even so, their focus is still a bit off. 1. They penalise for outcomes, not actions. Someone who did something much worse but gets lucky walks away without an...

This is a weird summary of what happened, but ok. It’s very unfortunate what happened to Hunter, but Mackay’s action of going for the ball is entirely reasonable. Clark was doing the same thing in fact - If timing was a tenth of a second different then we could easily be having the same...

“Unreasonable conduct” is so beautifully arbitrary it could only come from the AFL hahaha. So it is unreasonable to run towards the ball in an effort to gain possession and help your team? What a weird sport that would be.

Agreed. The league itself feels contrived to be honest.

The fact that we have no idea what the outcome will be is damning, for what is meant to be a professional sporting league. There is no proper process that makes sense, no system or logic. It’s a joke, spin the big wheel and see what it lands on - This would be just as reliable.

Sending it off ungraded and then revising that decision only due to backlash is complete amateur hour, and also peak AFL. Hilarious. Once again the AFL shows it is little more than a glorified bush league.

It’s a literal split second decision in the heat of play, very tough, but the way things have gone recently Plowman might be unlucky here. Holeman just laid a tackle. Farcical.

Rigged comp is rigged. Look at the fixture, the media, the commentators, tribunal decisions, the Grand Final being locked to the ‘G. It’s all set up to celebrate Victorian teams and if you’re outside that sphere then you’re second class. Long story short, they were never paying that free to...

What else is new? Inevitably favours the Victorian side as well.

Can't change the system now just because it doesn't suit the narrative. Absolute bare minimum is a fine, and so he misses.

Gone. Hit him in the head, high impact, chose to bump rather than tackle or attempt to win the ball, Shiel was concussed and missed the rest of the game. He's also right on the edge of being suspended with points hanging over his head. Pretty open and shut case. Anything else sets a precedent...

Was always going to be tough once it was judged to be medium impact. Word around here is our cross town rivals put a little pepper on the medical report too just to make certain of it.

I agree there have been several incidents as deserving or more deserving than Sloane's hit on Ebert, I'm just dirty about the Gibson one because it has followed so soon after our best player getting wiped out where others have gone free. It's not about the Hawks, I could have just as easily used...

I don't mind it. Would do less to "make the game soft" than many other recent changes, and would remove some ambiguity. Still some potential for inconsistency as you mention, but most rules in our game are based around interpretation and it's impossible to completely remove this.