MRP

[Beetlebum]

Can some explain to me how Fyfe gets 2 weeks for a head cut on Rischitelli, while Glass puts Wingard in hospital and gets a week?

 

[Kepfan]

Disgustingly biased imo.

 

[hoss]

I didn't see it but many thought they'd look at two incidents from Glass too. But nothing mentioned about the 2nd one??

 

[scon]

One of the Bigfooty hosts has just referred to it as the "worst decision yet" coming from the MRP.
That is really saying something.

 

[Pat_Footy]

Can some explain to me how Fyfe gets 2 weeks for a head cut on Rischitelli, while Glass puts Wingard in hospital and gets a week?

Do we suspend players for precautionary scans these days?

 

[pokerspiv]

The AFL is still mad at us for beating Geelong and therefore preventing an all-Vic grand final last year.

 

[Beetlebum]

Do we suspend players for precautionary scans these days?

Well I don't remember the Gold Coast medicos sending Rischitelli for precautionary scans.

 

[Kepfan]

Do we suspend players for precautionary scans these days?

Even if you take the hospital aspect out of it he left the ground with both feet took his eyes off the ball looked at the player and hip and shouldered him head high. Take into consideration his bad record should be minimum two weeks.

 

[freo_baby]

Looks like Ballantyne will be out for a week now.... Great.

 

[Spoken4]

Did Ballas get cited? What about Thompson from North?

 

[Pat_Footy]

Even if you take the hospital aspect out of it he left the ground with both feet took his eyes off the ball looked at the player and hip and shouldered him head high. Take into consideration his bad record should be minimum two weeks.

I think 1 week for the Glass bump is fair. It was really only looked at as Wingard's lips quivered on camera. Fyfe's suspension was ridiculous. Ballantyne even being looked at was ludicrous.

 

[Beetlebum]

Did Ballas get cited? What about Thompson from North?

Thompson got a week.

 

[Righteo]

I know it helps us out but Thompson getting the same penalty for basically making Cloke earn a mark is hopelessly unbalanced. Two weeks for Glass would have had him missing the Derby though, as if we would ever get so lucky.

 

[hoss]

Just as frustrated at Ballas than I am with Sylvia. How many times does he do this. I thought he was getting all that out of his game. Should know a lot better.

 

[Spoken4]

Thompson got a week.

That takes away their best defender who would have gone to Pav.

 

[Spoken4]

Just as frustrated at Ballas than I am with Sylvia. How many times does he do this. I thought he was getting all that out of his game. Should know a lot better.

Some players just have a natural inclination to lash out; others don't. You can control it with strong will power most of the time (as Ballas has done) but flair ups are bound to happen occasionally no matter how hard you are trying not to.

 

[Quinz]

Glass was ruled to have made body contact, not head contact. I didn't think he hit him high on the first look, but I haven't watched it again.

That was the only difference. Otherwise he would have gotten the same penalty, with similar carryover points to Fyfe from previous years would have seen him get 2 weeks.

 

[Freo Shark]

Whats the point of these threads?

Freo will forever get these decisions whilst Freo bend over and take them.

Freo needs to cop the $50K or whatever and say what every fan thinks. That its biased, lacks judicial merit and inconsistent AND most of all natural justice.

That kick of fyfes last year and the head to head contact was a joke and RTB, Bond, Rosich and the Pres lacked the balls to say something. Fyfe is not a dirty player and should be defended.

 

[gaskin]

Glass was ruled to have made body contact, not head contact. I didn't think he hit him high on the first look, but I haven't watched it again.

If it is the incident I'm thinking of then that is what I thought as well.

 

[Spoken4]

Glass was ruled to have made body contact, not head contact. I didn't think he hit him high on the first look, but I haven't watched it again.

That was the only difference. Otherwise he would have gotten the same penalty, with similar carryover points to Fyfe from previous years would have seen him get 2 weeks.

And there in lies the absolutely moronical stupidity.

Fyfe gives a perfectly executed bump - does not leave the ground, was not reckless, does not lift his shoulder to make high contact and simply because the other player decides to kick on the other side of his body, he opens himself up where accidental head contact occurs. Glass leaves the ground and recklessly hits Wingard so hard that he ends up in hospital.

You tell me - which "offence" deserves 2 weeks?

 

[PapaJ]

Do yourself a favour, just forget comparing anything to the Fyfe incident. That is universally recognised as being a complete flog of a decision based on an absolutely terribly written rule. It just has to go out of your head, or you will end up going quite literally insane.

 

[Quinz]

And there in lies the absolutely moronical stupidity.

Fyfe gives a perfectly executed bump - does not leave the ground, was not reckless, does not lift his shoulder to make high contact and simply because the other player decides to kick on the other side of his body, he opens himself up where accidental head contact occurs. Glass leaves the ground and recklessly hits Wingard so hard that he ends up in hospital.

You tell me - which "offence" deserves 2 weeks?

Neither deserve two weeks. And neither were given two weeks, both players copped extra from their previous records IIRC.

I'm not a fan of the negligent grading though. Negligent and accidental contact should be seen as part of the game and not as a vehical for the AFL to push their latest rule changes.

 

[slicedndiced]

Whats the point of these threads?

Freo will forever get these decisions whilst Freo bend over and take them.

Freo needs to cop the $50K or whatever and say what every fan thinks. That its biased, lacks judicial merit and inconsistent AND most of all natural justice.

That kick of fyfes last year and the head to head contact was a joke and RTB, Bond, Rosich and the Pres lacked the balls to say something. Fyfe is not a dirty player and should be defended.

Yep, I'm also of the mind that we lead the charge on this and get this shit sorted regardless of the consequences.

It's not as if we aren't a pariah in AFL House already, so we've got nothing to lose.

Build it and they will come.

 

[DivideandMultiply]

Even if you take the hospital aspect out of it he left the ground with both feet took his eyes off the ball looked at the player and hip and shouldered him head high. Take into consideration his bad record should be minimum two weeks.

He didn't hit him head high.

 

[UFO Tatsu]

He didn't hit him head high.

that might have been his saving grace. but because of that, do you think he deserved to be sighted at all since he didn't hit him high?