Merrett 2 weeks, are you kidding?

[flyinghi64]

So Fyfe get's 2 weeks for a hip and shoulder bump with accidental head collision and Merrett get's the same penalty for and intentional elbow to the face while not even looking at the ball.

AFL=Inconsistency

 

[Boxhead_31]

So Fyfe get's 2 weeks for a hip and shoulder bump with accidental head collision and Merrett get's the same penalty for and intentional elbow to the face while not even looking at the ball.

AFL=Inconsistency

Will be interesting to see if Evans will show some balls and challenge the finding or to see if he is now fully a AFL man an lets it go through

 

[masai]

Will be interesting to see if Evans will show some balls and challenge the finding or to see if he is now fully a AFL man an lets it go through

Chook Lotto.

We keep saying it !!!!.

 

[Boxhead_31]

Chook Lotto.

We keep saying it !!!!.

Every Monday there is a decision that comes out that has everyone just going "How the hell did they come up with that finding"

 

[Fade to Gray]

It all stems back to Adrian Anderson's ****ed up system where a bump is considered more serious than an elbow. The bump has more activation points than an elbow, hence receives a harsher penalty, it is a stupid situation where you are better off raising the elbow/forearm than executing a bump.

 

[JUBJUB]

So Fyfe get's 2 weeks for a hip and shoulder bump with accidental head collision and Merrett get's the same penalty for and intentional elbow to the face while not even looking at the ball.

AFL=Inconsistency

and doesn't Merrett have a few priors ?
Thought he might've got 3,even 4

 

[Chism]

I agree and it is a crazy decision when you look at it and compare it to what others get for accidental stuff.

Chook lotto rolls on as usual!!

 

[flyinghi64]

Scrap the other thread of same title if you want mod's. Stupid Chrome froze and cancelled out while amending the original, don't know how the hell the thread multiplied??

 

[Adam H]

Must play StKilda in three weeks only possible explanation.

 

[D-N-R]

and doesn't Merrett have a few priors ?
Thought he might've got 3,even 4

Fyfe got a 225 point charge plus 50 points carryover - 25% reduction for a guilty plea meant it was still 2 weeks.

Merret got a 325 point charge plus carryover points to take it to 371.56 - 25% reduction of 92.89 takes it to 278, so only two weeks.

Maths isn't my strong point, but it seems to me if you fall within the 300-399 range for a suspension (usually 3 weeks), and you get the 25% discount, you will have a two week penalty.

For a two week penalty to fall to one week, you can only get up to 266 points with a 25% penalty, otherwise it stays at two weeks. For a one week charge, 133 points.

It does seem to be an anomaly that bumps (a part of general play) can receive the same suspensions as deliberate hits. And bumps can have more force behind them and can cause more damage.

The accidental head clash rule should have stayed as it was, however. I think this is a fault with the rule, rather than the tribunal.

 

[Balony_pony16]

AFL really knows how to screw the lions... I didnt want to see him back for a month!

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[Stan_Darsh72]

Nat Fyfe's tv screen has a remote control in it after he heard this news

 

[Sherrinator]

AFL really knows how to screw the lions... I didnt want to see him back for a month!

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I was looking forward to having 2 less best 22 players too. Pick 1 in the draft would be fantastic.

 

[Furn2]

Shouldn't be able to take an early plea when you can't possibly get off.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

MRP Wheel of Fortune strikes again.

 

[Balony_pony16]

Shouldn't be able to take an early plea when you can't possibly get off.

They shouldnt have it period... players who have a chance of getting off still dont ever challenge for the fear of getting a auto week. Added that they rarely change their mind at the Tribunal

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[Furn2]

They shouldnt have it period... players who have a chance of getting off still dont ever challenge for the fear of getting a auto week. Added that they rarely change their mind at the Tribunal

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Yeah you're probably right. If you think you're innocent why should you have to risk a week to plead your case and why should you get less weeks when you're clearly guilty.

 

[Russian]

MRP Wheel of Fortune strikes again.

Don't know how anyone can say the MRP are inconsistent with this - it's the same they gave McKernan last year and a very similar incident from Cassisi a few years ago. I think there was a reasonable case for an extra week based on one of Anderson's last changes that the MRP seem to have completely ignored, but that's still a week short of what should be the minimum penalty for that with a guilty plea. Evans should've used the new power he gave himself to send it to the tribunal, but he also should've fixed the points table (which isn't that big a fix) so he didn't have to do that and the MRP can give a fair penalty in the first place.

 

[carlton2dabone]

The problem with this system is that the more points you have against you, the more points that the 25% reduction takes off for you.

Put simply:

Fyfe got a reduction of 25% meaning his tally reduced by 68.75 points.

Merrit got a reduction of 25% meaning his tally was reduced by 92.89 points.


So basically even though Merrit's offense was worse, the rules allowed him to reduce more points off of his total, making it the same penalty level as Fyfe's.

If Fyfe had off gotten the same amount of points in reduction that Merrit got, then his total would have fallen below 200 and thus only one week suspension.


Its a flawed system where one can get a bigger point reduction for pleading guilty simply because they have start of with a higher total.

 

[KissKiss]

I really struggle to understand how striking can be considered less than bumping (rough conduct or what ever it is called). They really need to redo the points table as there are too many inequalities in it

 

[Dirty_banchez]

This is what happens when Lawyers who have never played the game start making rules. Why the AFL can introduce new rules without a vote from the clubs is beyond me.