Certified Legendary Thread Patrick Cripps and Ah Chee

[Worm4]

So there wont be complaints from you if someone runs straight through Walsh and knocks him out and he misses a bunch of weeks as long as the player at some point was looking at the ball ?

It's a physical game , it happens. The day the greenies move in and want no contact will be a sad day for the game. It's already heading down that path

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

Kennedy hurt himself. I was asking about Kreuzer.

I'll try and remember my reaction to a minor incident 5 years ago.

 

[rmcq]

If it's incidental contact in a legitimate contest, then no issues at all - it happens.

Only a few weeks ago there was an accidental head clash in the Carlton/Saints game - should Dan Butler or Hunter Clark have been suspended for being careless?

AFL should have suspended Butler because he wasn’t concussed. If both weee concussed then both players should have been suspended.

 

[slashin_velvet]

Was this your stance when Dangerfield accidently knocked out Kreuzer ?

I didn't think that incident was worthy of a week, but I do think there is a distinction. Danger was breaking the rules of AFL because he tackled Kreuzer without the ball and a free kick was called accordingly.

I may stand corrected, but I don't think a free kick was called against Cripps - which would make sense if the umpires saw the collision as part of a contest and not a head high bump.

 

[PetterdHoisted]

I think you have brain damage. Cripps has never been reported in his life and now he is a thug.
Neil balme - now there is the definition of thug.

that's the era that rubbish belongs in, entirely my point!

it was absolutely thuggery from Cripps, and won't be forgotten

The Ah Chee family certainly won't forget the sickeningfeeling they must havehad watchign that

 

[Darksidepoints]

Farcical that it has been over turned.

Lets see just how serious the AFL is.

 

[Elixuh]

Frustrating result as I’ve now gotta change my tip margin from a 10 to 9 goal Carlton loss this weekend.

Glad sanity prevailed and we preserved the tradition of knocking a bloke out to rev your team up. For a moment I thought the game had gone soft.

 

[THECHIEFTON]

that's the era that rubbish belongs in, entirely my point!

it was absolutely thuggery from Cripps, and won't be forgotten

The Ah Chee family certainly won't forget the sickeningfeeling they must havehad watchign that

Settle down a bit lol. Your acting like he murdered him.

 

[_RT_]

I guess Carltons who are celebrating Cripps getting off have found it in their hearts to forgive Milburn for doing a similar thing to Silvagni

 

[awesome wells]

I remember when ziebell got 4 weeks for basically the same incident, and this was before they “cared” about concussions. The system is a joke. This is just proof that they treat players differently based on their status in the game.

 

[00Stinger]

I guess Carltons who are celebrating Cripps getting off have found it in their hearts to forgive Milburn for doing a similar thing to Silvagni

Milburns was actually in a marking contest to be fair

 

[00Stinger]

So jumping off the ground and hitting an unprotected player both late and head high is ok as long as you put your arms our after you hit him

Is that the rule? Because it's confussing as ****

 

[Gaben]

Fantastic news, the game hasn't gone completely soft.

Lol. If an identical incident happens this week, it's going to get a 2 match suspension and I can guarantee you it won't be getting overturned by the Appeals Board.

 

[evo]

I guess Carltons who are celebrating Cripps getting off have found it in their hearts to forgive Milburn for doing a similar thing to Silvagni

Wow that video is well made. Imagine showing that to overseas sports fans who think their sport is tough or dangerous. Brutal.

 

[Stax on the mill]

Haven’t read the whole thread. But wasn’t Loveridge on the same panel in 2005 that deemed Barry Hall’s strike on Matt McGuire was “in play”, thereby allowing him to play in the GF?

Equally laughable decision as the Cripps one.

 

[tiger_tough]

At least now oppo fans can stop sooking about the cotchin shiel bump because apparently incidental concussion when the ball is your objective is okay.

 

[MSB ROYS]

AFL ensures that there is a technicality that gets one of their star Victorian players off for a crucial two games. Nothing to see.

 

[South of the Yarra]

Another great Carlton sting. The head is protected, unless of course it is a Carlton Captain.

 

[Thrawn]

I guess Carltons who are celebrating Cripps getting off have found it in their hearts to forgive Milburn for doing a similar thing to Silvagni

Milburn's eyes wasn't on the ball and Cripps wasn't going around clapping and smiling like a psychopath. And that hit was was a lot bigger.

 

[PetterdHoisted]

Settle down a bit lol. Your acting like he murdered him.

when will it get through to people?

this stuff causes brain injuries

no it is not murder, but it is debilitating, you just can't see it now and Ah Chee will seem like he is back to his old self, it will happen in the decades to come.

 

[fleabitten]

At least now oppo fans can stop sooking about the cotchin shiel bump because apparently incidental concussion when the ball is your objective is okay.

They still won't lol. And Cotchin actually won possession of the ball.

 

[Dazb86]

Strange one

 

[BigFrizz36]

For quite a while, the onus has been on the player to avoid concussing someone. There are numerous examples of players being suspended for in-game actions that are considered careless.

The AFL is a disgrace. They are unable to write rules that are clear, because they want the ambiguity to allow themselves to “respond quickly” (to media pressure). And now it comes back to bite them.

In my opinion, these actions should be fine. But the AFL wants to stamp out concussions, so why not specifically state that an action causing concussion is two weeks?

Agree fully. However what happens if someone is concussed by someone's knee as they take the mark of the year?

Under the terrible ruling by Gleeson at the original appeal "let's call it a bump without even discussing whether it's a bump" a player taking a screamer would be liable for any injury caused in a marking contest no matter how incidental or what the intent was.

 

[RonnieRaven]

Great news for the blues
Terrible look for the AFL.
No wonder we have clubs like pies and crows go through trouble with cover ups and saying one thing whilst doing another they’re just mimicking the parent business.
I have no Ill feelings for the blues it’s actually helps the dockers if they win the next two.
But the afl is a load of shit that’s has no set rules besides making money and protecting assets !

 

[freddy mercury]

Lol. If an identical incident happens this week, it's going to get a 2 match suspension and I can guarantee you it won't be getting overturned by the Appeals Board.

If.