They dont care. They are focussed on the next gambling partner contract and how much more they can squeeze out of crypto.com by having as many unneccessary score reviews as possible.
The Tribunal said Medium. They could have just gone with Low for those reasons.
Instead they created a mess all on their own.
And the AFL stupidly didnt appeal.
Also ignores the fact that fines replaced low-end suspension only about 10 years ago, so all the yester-year players who copped a week could well have only got a fine.
And it was only yesterday when mid-end suspensions became fines, sometimes.
Yep. The AFL once again proving how much of a joke they are.
Just rate it Low and then give the fine. Why the * would you uphold Medium and then give a fine instead of the week it is meant to be?
Obvious answer is so when its a Brownlow favourite they can do the same thing.
If the AFL had...
The MRO just makes it up as he goes. Lever was uninjured and its Medium.
Couple of weeks ago a Hawthorn player was slammed head first into the ground in a tackle and was unaffected and no free and no MRO comment.
They really are driven by the media.
Early pleas used to be a thing. Now there really is no downside in wasting the Tribunal's time by conesting the charge. Maybe the AFL needs to start increasing it by a week.
That is dumb. There is 0 chance the Tribunal downgrades.
Even if the truly bizarre happens the AFL appeals.
The lawsuits are lining up and will add individual names not just the organisation if they dont take it seriously.
Durham headbutted Ross to draw a high free which the umpire rightly ignored. Then another Saint clipped Durham's head on the way through.
Then Ross took him high in his tackle but rolled Durham which reduced the risk. There isnt much more Ross could have done after Durham dropped his head into...
Sicily got 2 weeks for a tackle which got him a free and had him bring McCluggage down on top of him which is what the AFL recommended at the time.
But in this case there were 3 separate head contacts so how would they know which caused the concussion.
Like Chol and May last week. May collided...
Drove his head into Ross to get the high contact free, plus another Saints player clipped his head on the way through.
Ross was rolling him in the tackle too.
There may be a charge but quite likely gets off or reduced at the Tribunal.
Contact which wasnt even felt was graded Medium last week. This had Neale doubled over and was graded Low.
The AFL want Pendles to get to 400 as much as Collingwood.
Meanwhile all rational people knew that this was a 4 week penalty from their first viewing.
He had options. He chose to defend himself with zero thought for his opponent. If decisions like this drive the slow thinkers out of the sport it can only be a good thing.
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