Buddy - How many weeks?

[RW]

Careless?....Hardly....Reckless more like it....Head first shoulder charge for which even NRL players are sent off....Drove right through Edwards causing his head to snap backwards & Land head-first on the ground, with the force of the impact causing Buddy to land on his head with his hip for some afters.

Medium impact???....See above.

The AFL are A blatantly corrupt joke....When & where will these double-standards in favor of Sydney & it's players ever end.

I did say he was lucky, but that bump was never going to get more than 3 weeks down to 2 with an early plea under the current MRP grading system. Watch the entire passage of play again.

 

[flyinghi64]

Absolute joke.
1 week??????
1 week??????
Good to see the old MRP are back to their inconsistent ways.
And Tippet 1 Week??????

Yep

 

[RW]

Absolute joke.
1 week??????
1 week??????
Good to see the old MRP are back to their inconsistent ways.
And Tippet 1 Week??????

Yep

2 weeks reduced to 1, read the verdict (and watch the entire passage of play).

 

[RUNVS]

As a hawk he wouldve gotten 3-4 weeks.

Was Franklin ever suspended for a month while at the Hawks?

 

[skipper kelly]

At least.

Also the swans have already accepted the 'penalty'. In record time.

What was the previous record time?

 

[Mister B]

2 weeks reduced to 1, read the verdict (and watch the entire passage of play).

Why read when you can rage???

 

[SCARD]

I really don't want to believe that the MRP treats certain clubs differently to others but how can I not?

I quite agree. Mitchell, Roughead, Lake etc have all benefited from generous treatment by the MRP. MRP could justifiably be called the Hawthorn benevolent society.

 

[Ron The Bear]

I think you've just proven the case. May resulted in a player being subbed out for remainder of game. Edwards played on.

So "impact" refers to the effect on the opposition player? If so, I wasn't aware of that and would say it's a fair assessment.

The AFL and their fancy ****ing word games...

 

[Procrastinator35]

You seem upset. It's no good for your health. Just have a lay down.

Probably about as upset as you are relieved no doubt....Proportionally so.

Buddy in a Hawk jumper: 4 weeks down to 3...High impact & intentional.... & the entire AFL world knows it!

 

[Procrastinator35]

I did say he was lucky, but that bump was never going to get more than 3 weeks down to 2 with an early plea under the current MRP grading system. Watch the entire passage of play again.

Have seen it many times....High impact & intentional....He squared the bloke up & watch the follow through for the 'afters'....Hypocritical joke!

 

[kickthething]

No meltdown here. But it's plainly, farcically wrong. If that's medium contact, high = comatose and severe = decapitation.

Right on...the MRP are useless, they can't get anything right...its a stitch up

MRP says attempted bump/glancing blow.

Ohh hang on, you agree with the MRP now, so........are you just picking the bits you like to agree with? Are the MRP incompetent or competent? I am now confused.

 

[rampar]

joke joke joke.

 

[bugalugs213]

Was Franklin ever suspended for a month while at the Hawks?

A few times for 2 weeks which were nowhere near as bad as the hit on the weekend.

 

[skipper kelly]

Probably about as upset as you are relieved no doubt....Proportionally so.

Buddy in a Hawk jumper: 4 weeks down to 3...High impact & intentional.... & the entire AFL world knows it!

I'm pissed off. It looked like 1 down to 0 with his good record.

As I said, you need to relax as it is not good for your health.

 

[docks]

Hahaha brilliant decision. Loving the meltdowns also.

Were you laughing when you saw Stefan Martin got two weeks?

 

[bomberbaird]

He takes his eyes off the ball and cleans a bloke up with a shoulder to the head...what joke mrp gives it 2 down to 1?

 

[Tyrone Time]

Was Franklin ever suspended for a month while at the Hawks?

More, 6 weeks for a "hamstring"

 

[Ron The Bear]

Right on...the MRP are useless, they can't get anything right...its a stitch up




Ohh hang on, you agree with the MRP now, so........are you just picking the bits you like to agree with? Are the MRP incompetent or competent? I am now confused.

Where did I say I agreed with the Gordon assessment? Stop putting words in my mouth.

Thanks for the four points though, don't forget to donate again.

 

[docks]

Cannot work out how they aren't intentional, just careless, it looked pretty much to me as if both intended to do what they did, tribunal is a joke.

 

[swiftdog]

So "impact" refers to the effect on the opposition player? If so, I wasn't aware of that and would say it's a fair assessment.

The AFL and their fancy ******* word games...

At the same time though:

"The potential to cause serious injury is also relevant in the following cases:
» Any head-high contact with a Player who has his head over the ball, particularly when contact is made from an opponent approaching from a front-on position"

It's clear to see that Edwards was began bending down to pick up the ball, likely with the assumption that Franklin would do the same thing, before lifting his head as a defensive mechanism when he realised Buddy was going for the bump. I would have thought that potential for serious injury would be high when lining up a player who's looking to put his head over the footy. Subjective terminology is open to discussion though.

Careless, high impact (due to the potential for serious injury), and high contact for me - 3 down to 2 seems the right call, Buddy's got off light I think.

In saying this though, take a look at who Sydney play in three weeks time.... Conspiracy!

 

[Procrastinator35]

I'm pissed off. It looked like 1 down to 0 with his good record.

As I said, you need to relax as it is not good for your health.

My bloodz pressure is fine, though cheers for your faux concern all the same.

His 'record' for which you speak about in so in-authoritative a manner is quite long & distinct....2x 2 week holidays for high, careless bumps + the 1 week for his clumsy hit on Malceski.

Cleared last year for the exact same bump for which he copped 2 weeks for in a Hawk jumper & now 2 weeks down to 1 for an incident 5 times worse than anything previous.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

No special treatment here. Let's examine the verdict.

High contact: Well duh, no arguments here.

Careless: Fair enough as he did bump, but he was chasing the ball at the time, so it's not like he lined him up.

Medium impact: Admit Buddy was lucky here, but the fact that Edwards wasn't hurt and passed the concussion test saved him as the MRP seems to be assessing incidents based on damage caused these days.

It was always going to be either 2 games reduced to 1 or 3 games reduced to 2. As it turned out, Buddy got the lighter penalty, so he should take it and run.

This is the only bit I disagree with you on, he ran straight past the ball to execute that bump. It was an intentional bump that was too high. Should of been classified as reckless.

Honestly, I think 3 down to 2 was probably a fairer outcome but 2 down to 1 is not incredibly outrageous,. He's a lucky boy though bud, both with the classification and the fact Edwards bounced back up.

Tippett should of got more, that was cynical, miles away from the ball.

 

[MinerBoy]

Obviously that's not correct. Jarrad Waite kicked Luke McGuane in the balls and it was deemed "insufficient force".

"Dirty" doesn't come into it any more. I've never been comfortable with it.

Have to assume there'd be no case to answer for spitting in an opponent's face.

Always staggered me that insufficient force is even a thing when they then prosecute on 'potential to cause injury' and the old gem 'attempting to strike'.

Never been sure attempting to strike ( but missing ) generated more force than a strike that did connect, but with insufficient force to warrant suspension.

But yeah, I tend to think the lines have been moved too far from punishing malicious acts to things that could injure, even though they are actually legal parts of the game.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Cannot work out how they aren't intentional, just careless, it looked pretty much to me as if both intended to do what they did, tribunal is a joke.

I'M Sure they got the memo from HQ.... Don't you worry about that.

 

[skipper kelly]

My blood pressure is fine, though cheers for your concern all the same.

No problems at all. I just note that you get worked up a lot. It's unhealthy. Cheers.