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[60 Yards Out]

This bloke... 10 bets, banned for two matches. Stevenson was 3 bets (IIRC), banned for 10 matches.

Uncapped Sun cops ban and fine for 10 bets on AFL games

AFL bans Rhys Nicholls for two matches and fines him $5,000 for breaching betting protocols

www.afl.com.au

 

[jonbe54]

This bloke... 10 bets, banned for two matches. Stevenson was 3 bets (IIRC), banned for 10 matches.

Uncapped Sun cops ban and fine for 10 bets on AFL games

AFL bans Rhys Nicholls for two matches and fines him $5,000 for breaching betting protocols

www.afl.com.au

It's called the expansion club rule.

 

[Mooresome]

This bloke... 10 bets, banned for two matches. Stevenson was 3 bets (IIRC), banned for 10 matches.

Uncapped Sun cops ban and fine for 10 bets on AFL games

AFL bans Rhys Nicholls for two matches and fines him $5,000 for breaching betting protocols

www.afl.com.au

Yes ,i think they should rename the department that looks into these matters, because integrity is definitely missing.

 

[60 Yards Out]

It's called the expansion club rule.

My calculator says either Nicholls should have got 33 weeks or Stevenson should have got about 20 minutes.

 

[Taylor]

The AFL looks down on betting in games where the player is able to influence the result. Nicholls can't even get a game, let alone a touch to influence the game.

Whether that is consistent with Nathan Bock

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getting a similar punishment for leaking information to friends that won them a lot of money... who knows. He was fined $10,000 and his family made $40,000 off it.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

I guess it’s because he didn’t bet on outcomes involving himself. It takes some of the potential for match-fixing out of the equation.

 

[adammania9]

Another example of Collingwood players getting harsher penalties than their rivals for the same thing. We were told in 2019 that Stepho should have been banned for years and that he got off light. Fools

 

[60 Yards Out]

I guess it’s because he didn’t bet on outcomes involving himself. It takes some of the potential for match-fixing out of the equation.

Every chance you're right, but if so it's a pretty narrow regime. Eg... in theory he could still have had inside information, or he could have been co-operating with someone who was playing.

 

[jonbe54]

The AFL looks down on betting in games where the player is able to influence the result. Nicholls can't even get a game, let alone a touch to influence the game.

Whether that is consistent with Nathan Bock getting a similar punishment for leaking information to friends that won them a lot of money... who knows. He was fined $10,000 and his family made $40,000 off it.

It's consistent with expansion clubs getting every single little advantage the AFL can give them.

 

[jmac70]

Clicked thinking it was a DIY thread.
Left disappointed.

Still don’t know how to hang a door.

 

[60 Yards Out]

Clicked thinking it was a DIY thread.
Left disappointed.

Still don’t know how to hang a door.

I can help with that. As my wife says... "Get someone who knows what they're doing."

 

[TradeDraft]

I guess it’s because he didn’t bet on outcomes involving himself. It takes some of the potential for match-fixing out of the equation.

Did he bet on Suns Games?

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Did he bet on Suns Games?

Yes but he wasn’t playing in them. Again, it takes the potential for match fixing out, but not the “insider knowledge”.

 

[Jen2310]

Didnt play in the games, unlike stevo, so couldn't alter the outcome?

 

[TradeDraft]

Yes but he wasn’t playing in them. Again, it takes the potential for match fixing out, but not the “insider knowledge”.

Well still should not bet on a Game that your Team Plays For

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Well still should not bet on a Game that your Team Plays For

Of course. In fact they’re not allowed to bet on AFL at all.

 

[Horaceg]

Punishment seems a little light, does it say he dobbed himself in like apparently Stevo did or just busted.

 

[60 Yards Out]

Punishment seems a little light, does it say he dobbed himself in like apparently Stevo did or just busted.

Doesn't say he dobbed himself in, so my guess is he didn't.

 

[sideswipe]

Every chance you're right, but if so it's a pretty narrow regime. Eg... in theory he could still have had inside information, or he could have been co-operating with someone who was playing.

And that would have been covered off in the investigation by looking at the types of bets placed.


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[Jen2310]

Of course. In fact they’re not allowed to bet on AFL at all.

wonder where they could have gotten that from.. Not like AFL promote gambling or anything... lol


Also it mentions bets "on his account" article kinda implies someone made the bets on his account.

 

[sr36]

This bloke... 10 bets, banned for two matches. Stevenson was 3 bets (IIRC), banned for 10 matches.

Uncapped Sun cops ban and fine for 10 bets on AFL games

AFL bans Rhys Nicholls for two matches and fines him $5,000 for breaching betting protocols

www.afl.com.au

The no betting on afl is all about stopping any form of match fixing. Stephenson's was much more serious because he was betting on games he played in and could potentially help fix an outcome.

 

[sr36]

Every chance you're right, but if so it's a pretty narrow regime. Eg... in theory he could still have had inside information, or he could have been co-operating with someone who was playing.

Using inside info would impact the integrity of the betting market, but not necessarily the integrity of the game, so from an AFL perspective, not close to the potential that Stephos bets posed.

 

[jonbe54]

The no betting on afl is all about stopping any form of match fixing. Stephenson's was much more serious because he was betting on games he played in and could potentially help fix an outcome.

You don't call stacking drafts picks and heaps of other advantages for expansion clubs match fixing?

Competition rigging??

Of course I understand the rationale.

But it is none the less what it is.

 

[Scodog10]

As others have said he didn’t face as severe a punishment because he didn’t bet on games he was involved in. The flip side is that we’ve seen the punishment progressively grow in severity for this type of infraction and with the amount of training players receive this is a wet lettuce leaf. It’s the type of punishment a once off “mistake” warrants, but this was a blatant “I’m not a big name so I won’t be caught” incident.

 

[sr36]

You don't call stacking drafts picks and heaps of other advantages for expansion clubs match fixing?

Competition rigging??

Of course I understand the rationale.

But it is none the less what it is.

No, I don't call it match fixing.