Hunt gets off

[rizzo]

Reduced to a warning.

Source: FOX FOOTY

 

[YOTC]

Good decision by the tribunal........this new system is working well.

 

[VikingCat]

Good stuff! Gotta be the right decision.

 

[Vaughan Pitt]

Egad! 2 weeks down to a warning is some jump. Especially when you consider that Egan ignored The Code and blabbed (or so my sources tell me).

 

[rizzo]

Egad! 2 weeks down to a warning is some jump. Especially when you consider that Egan ignored The Code and blabbed (or so my sources tell me).

To the umpire or blabbed tonite?

 

[Vaughan Pitt]

Not sure, I think it was tonight.

 

[rizzo]

Not sure, I think it was tonight.

thats low

 

[ablettjnr]

The smart thing for Egan to do would have been to get the hell away from the tribunal, after what he did to Ricco, what a joke that he got off.
I just saw on sports tonight that Hunt was in the tribunal at the moment?!!??

 

[VikingCat]

Latest from AAP:
Port Adelaide's Aaron Shattock was suspended for two matches and Geelong's Josh Hunt escaped with a reprimand, with both players winning reduced penalties in the first cases of their type at the AFL tribunal tonight.
Shattock pleaded guilty to charging St Kilda's Luke Ball, in an incident which left the Saints star midfielder groggy and bleeding, but successfully argued that his actions were reckless, rather than intentional, as originally classified by the AFL's match review panel.
It meant he avoided the three-match ban he was originally offered for an early guilty plea.
Likewise, Hunt pleaded guilty to striking Collingwood's Chris Egan, but won the tribunal's agreement for his contention that his blow to the Magpie's stomach was reckless, rather than intentional, and in-play, rather than behind play.
The lesser classifications meant he will be able to play against Adelaide this week, rather than sit out a two-match ban, which would have been his penalty had he accepted the match review panel's initial findings.
Tribunal chairman David Jones praised both players and their clubs for submitting early guilty pleas - which enabled them to be granted a 25 discount on penalties - while still contesting the finer points of their cases at the tribunal.
"It's interesting to reflect that as far as I'm concerned, these are the first two cases where there's been a notification of an early plea put in by players and in each case the jury in their wisdom have found in accordance with the notification," Jones said.
"It allows the cases to be confined to the real issues, which is in everyone's interest."
Shattock conceded his shepherd on Ball had made contact with the Saint's head, which constituted charging, but said his intention had been purely to lay a legal hip-and-shoulder to Ball's body - an argument backed by the tribunal jury.
Power football operations manager Peter Rohde said the club was happy not only to have had a lesser penalty imposed, but to protect Shattock's reputation, by having the tribunal vindicate him in his stance that he had not deliberately targeted Ball.
"We wanted to protect our player and stand up for his name," Rohde said.
"A lot of people have jumped to the conclusion that Aaron had somehow managed to run off the side of the centre square and line up a player on purpose, a designated player.
"We maintained all the way through that wasn't the case ... we're very pleased that the tribunal saw it our way."
Hunt argued that his blow to Egan's stomach was purely an attempt to push the young Collingwood player off his path, not to strike him.
He said he was trying to stop Egan blocking the run of Geelong full-back Matthew Scarlett, who was following Collingwood full-forward Chris Tarrant, a version of events accepted by the tribunal.
"I'm pleased with the decision, very happy," Hunt said outside the tribunal.

 

[ablettjnr]

Praise the Lord!!!
The last thing we need is to lose the drive out of our back line.

 

[VikingCat]

Spot-on, Ablettjnr. It was going to be pretty bloody important for Sando to get back this week if we lost Hunt - now it'll be a bloody nice bonus...

 

[LongBomb]

Listen to this: "Egan gave evidence via a telephone hook up that he had felt a "whack to the guts" as he ran to block Matthew Scarlett who was following Chris Tarrant on a long lead."

Dobbing filth.

Given Hunt was originally offered 3 weeks (2 for an early guilty plea) this is a sensational result for us.

 

[ablettjnr]

Egan is clearly out of line here, what good is it going to do him to get Hunt suspended, when it's not going to affect Collingwood footy club?
The fact that he got off shows how much respect the tribunal had for his testimony.... Sweet f**k all

 

[jmain14]

thank f*** for that!! any chance of sando still playing you think guys??

 

[ablettjnr]

I think he is a chance. We will see after training tomorrow. I think its tomorrow?

 

[JUBJUB]

Finally some good news.

 

[EB&W Pieman]

Hey listen everybody - Hunt pleaded GUILTY to the charge.

Given that, I don't see what else Egan could have said. I mean if Hunt admitted that he hit him, can Egan really be expected to say 'No he didn't'

Give the kid a break!!!!!

 

[Hulk_Hawkins]

Right decision made here IMO. The kangaroo court is working well ATM. Always said that we had a great system in place!

 

[LongBomb]

Chris 'Squealer' Egan

 

[Vaughan Pitt]

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Class

 

[answerman]

I had to do this on Cats Claw and I'll do it again here.

As correctly pointed out Hunt had already pleaded guilty so Egan had to say he was hit. But if you read the full account you get this:

________________________________________________________
Egan told the tribunal over a phone link-up he felt a ``whack to the guts'' before going to his knees to regain his breath.

He later stated he felt the contact across his abdomen, that it was not isolated and felt more like a ``forearm'' had delivered the blow rather than a closed fist.
____________________________________________________________

Seems to me he supported Hunt's version of events. Seems to me he did enough to get Hunt off.

Anybody want to say 'sorry'?

 

[LongBomb]

Answerman, my problem is with the words egan chose.

Saying he was 'Whacked in the guts' is using very emotive language.
In his closing statement, the tribunal chairman made mention of this.

He needed to say he was hit, but why not just say he 'felt some contact' like players have done for decades?

His choice of language suggests to me that he was not out to do Hunt any favours.

 

[patdman]

His choice of language suggests to me that he was not out to do Hunt any favours.

Nah, I got no problem with it.
It seems like standard language for someone not in the game very long.
"Wacked in the guts" ...nothing special about that.

 

[Fall Out Boy]

I don't particularly care what Egan did.

Josh will be playing this weekend, that's all that matters to me.

 

[answerman]

Answerman, my problem is with the words egan chose.

Saying he was 'Whacked in the guts' is using very emotive language.
In his closing statement, the tribunal chairman made mention of this.

He needed to say he was hit, but why not just say he 'felt some contact' like players have done for decades?

His choice of language suggests to me that he was not out to do Hunt any favours.

If that was the case then why didn't he just come out and "Nah, he hit me so hard I got winded!"?