NO TROLLS Rankine handed a 4 match suspension by the AFL integrity unit for a homophobic slur against opponent

[Raging Blue]

So basically homophobia is half as serious in the month of September?

Even old Gill Mc would have had a hard time spinning that one.

Does it apply to MRO incidents too?

I would say missing 4 finals and possibly Grand final double the penalty than 4 wks in the home & away. I can’t see anyone not understanding this unless their team is playing in the finals.

 

[Hobbes]

It would certainly lower my opinion of them. It might not be irredeemable, with sincere contrition. I guess somebody who grew up with a peer group that used some slurs as a generic insult might create a habit that someone has to work to break.

If it's genuinely intended as a homophobic (or racist, or some other categories) slur, there's quite a lot of work required to redeem it.

 

[ABAB]

Why ?

Afl picking and choosing when they apply their rules .

Not many people are saying what rankin did isn't wrong just the suspension

As for maynard after a year of afl saying the head was sacrosanct , you bump at your own risk and lots of players getting suspended for much less Maynard gets off Scott free when he should have missed the rest of finals .

The only people that don't think the Maynard non suspension wasn't complete BS are Collingwood supporters

The AFL stuffed themselves with giving 3 weeks to Finalyson. It should have been 1 week and a fine (similar to Clarkson who called Saints players ********ers and received $20K fine and 2 weeks suspended) and then if they offend again then it's 3 weeks and then 6 weeks maximum.

 

[LUKEHAND69]

I’ll have the final word on this one. It’s a professional sport and the players are paid well enough that they can be expected to be professional in their speech. And they can expect to be penalised heavily if they use language that would see them penalised heavily in any other profession. Pretty simple! Seven weeks.

 

[kreuze_missile]

Words exchanged in the heat of the moment should be treated as throwaway comments.

If it's not in earshot of supporters, and the "victim" doesn't care, then play on.

Most AFL footballers are total nuffies and should not be put forward as role models for anyone.

But this is the modern AFL, and the AFLW has strong LGBTQ+ ties, so let's hand out penalties on par with physical assaults.

 

[damicky]

I’ll have the final word on this one. It’s a professional sport and the players are paid well enough that they can be expected to be professional in their speech. And they can expect to be penalised heavily if they use language that would see them penalised heavily in any other profession. Pretty simple! Seven weeks.

 

[Yellow Feathers]

It sickens me. I can never look at them the same... Knowing they're thinking those cruel words about others whenever the game isn't going their way. You just KNOW he will be saying it in his head.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Who gives a shit...afl doesn't even care....unless it goes out in the public domain

 

[Malifice]

Words exchanged in the heat of the moment should be treated as throwaway comments.

If it's not in earshot of supporters, and the "victim" doesn't care, then play on.

Most AFL footballers are total nuffies and should not be put forward as role models for anyone.

But this is the modern AFL, and the AFLW has strong LGBTQ+ ties, so let's hand out penalties on par with physical assaults.

You're aware the AFL is a workplace, right?

Try using a homophobic or racist slur in your workplace and see how far it gets you. It'll be a lot longer than 4 weeks off I can assure you of that.

 

[Hollow Knight]

I would say missing 4 finals and possibly Grand final double the penalty than 4 wks in the home & away. I can’t see anyone not understanding this unless their team is playing in the finals.

Then players in finals bound teams need to sort their shit out.

 

[Beejay Crow]

I’ll have the final word on this one. It’s a professional sport and the players are paid well enough that they can be expected to be professional in their speech. And they can expect to be penalised heavily if they use language that would see them penalised heavily in any other profession. Pretty simple! Seven weeks.

Should that apply to coaches as well? Clarkson only got a 2 week suspended ban last year. 7 weeks you're saying??? Crazy thoughts.

 

[Festerz]

I’ll have the final word on this one. It’s a professional sport and the players are paid well enough that they can be expected to be professional in their speech. And they can expect to be penalised heavily if they use language that would see them penalised heavily in any other profession. Pretty simple! Seven weeks.

Seven weeks is OTT. But I like the basis of your argument.

Yes, these are professional athletes who are paid handsomely to abide by the rules of the game. The notion of breaching the rules and suffer the consequences should come as a basic instinct for them, perhaps more than those in other professions.

A five match suspension for on field homophobic slur has been set previously when there has been no self reporting. The AFL has also said it is open to increasing the penalty for future breaches.

In the absence of mitigating circumstances, Rankine is facing a minimum 5 week penalty for his actions. And a 6 week penalty would be consistent with what the AFL has previously said about escalating penalties for future breaches.

The fact such a penalty would rule Rankine out of participating in finals should not come into the discussion given the AFL's strong public position on homophobic slurs. But of course it will.

 

[ashep]

It's shit. There are a million different insults you can use. Choosing one rooted in hatred towards a marginalised group is a stain on someone's character.

 

[Forever North]

Stich up from Collingwood. Off course they don't want Rankine playing against them during the finals.....

 

[kreuze_missile]

You're aware the AFL is a workplace, right?

Try using a homophobic or racist slur in your workplace and see how far it gets you. It'll be a lot longer than 4 weeks off I can assure you of that.

In AFL land, calling someone a f***** and doing what Tom Lynch did is apparently worthy of the same punishment.

But in the real world, nothing happens to Rankine, but Lynch commits a criminal offense and goes to jail.

Totally out of touch with the real world. Bunch of virtue signallers.

 

[Hobbes]

Words exchanged in the heat of the moment should be treated as throwaway comments.

If it's not in earshot of supporters, and the "victim" doesn't care, then play on.

Most AFL footballers are total nuffies and should not be put forward as role models for anyone.

But this is the modern AFL, and the AFLW has strong LGBTQ+ ties, so let's hand out penalties on par with physical assaults.

Normalisation of bigoted slurs often goes hand-in-hand with physical assaults.

 

[Rod Stroker]

They're saying at least 5

 

[Dazb86]

Calculated play by Collingwood. Take out your oppositions best player through underhanded tactics. Wouldn't be surprised if Quayner asked Rankine what a bundle of sticks is called.

 

[kreuze_missile]

Calculated play by Collingwood. Take out your oppositions best player through underhanded tactics. Wouldn't be surprised if Quayner asked Rankine what a bundle of sticks is called.

Good theory, but is there anyone on that playing list with an IQ high enough to pull this off?

Certainly wouldn't have been Maynard.

 

[OniAu]

Raised this incident with my boss at work today.

His reply? "I think whats said on the field should stay on the field. They don't need to be telling on each other."



All i took from that is , no accountability or responsibility for any individuals actions , verbal or physical. No care for what they do and how it impacts the world around them.

Sad world we live in where we don't hold people accountable for shitty behaviour. The offenders, then are the victim because they are called out.

Rankine has been on the other side of the coin when it comes to discrimination. You would think he would do better.

 

[Hollow Knight]

They're saying at least 5

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Hard to justify anything less than 5 based on that. Wonder if they will use the pre-finals bye and VFL finals as a way to give him a free week.

 

[OniAu]

Stich up from Collingwood. Off course they don't want Rankine playing against them during the finals.....

The umpire reported it?

 

[Lingsface]

If the player was homosexual and the player saying it knew it, I would think less of them. If it is a slip of the tongue that had no real hate directed at the sexuality of this person I would just accept an apology.

 

[PerthBoy86]

Good theory, but is there anyone on that playing list with an IQ high enough to pull this off?

Certainly wouldn't have been Maynard.

IQ, Isaac Quaynor? Is that a pun?

 

[Bucking Bronco]

Getting away from casting any judgement on their moral integrity, which I'm in no position to point any fingers, anybody casting a homophobic, racist, bigoted, pedophilic etc. slur, after seeing the sanctions already imposed upon a number of transgressors, can safely be described as a bit of an imbecile.

What's a paedophilic slur