Pre-Grand Final bye?

[Underarm]

It would be a horrific look to try to overrule your club dr.

 

[Tasmanian saint]

It would be a horrific look to try to overrule your club dr.

His club doctor isn’t telling him he has to take two weeks off he just declared he needed to come off the field , I mean the afl are all over the shop with concussion protocols in local football the afl have made it 21 days it’s ridiculous they seemed to have just picked a number

 

[Hamingja]

Completely different situations the crows pretty much had no option but to accept would have been a terrible look morally to fight his ban . Stewart would be able to find reasonably easy a medical expert that would state he is in a fit condition to play, this rule hasn’t been around long plenty of precedents he could use of players in past and in other sports being cleared to play

They did fight it for a week behind closed doors. Unnecessary distraction. Accept and move on.

 

[Toump Ass]

If Pies win the flag it's going to be the afl's biggest asterisk, beating lions without the neale, crows without ranking, cats without Stewart. Two out of three opponents played with AFL assistance

 

[Underarm]

His club doctor isn’t telling him he has to take two weeks off he just declared he needed to come off the field

The club dr ticked off that it was a concussion.

The reccomended recovery time for a Concussion is more than the 12 days the AFL forces players out for. So to try to legalise your way passed the rule to play in a GF would be an awful look for the club.

 

[Plugger35]

He won't be allowed to play in the GF but the AFL will probably bring in a pre GF bye now that a big name player will miss a GF.

The AFL love knee jerk reactions as much as they love byes.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Was not the thread topic I was expecting
Thought it was going to be about the Richmond forums classless commentary surrounding his injury.

Alas, he will miss and his misfortune will be Bews/Stanley's gain.

 

[amazingjoshy]

Don't like the prefinals bye so all for changing that

Incredibly bad luck for Stewart and I feel sorry for him, but hes not the 1st and won't be the last to miss a GF through injury

Not at all for a pre GF bye. Will completely suck the momentum out of the GF build up imo. Feel it will be like the GF replay after the drawn GF. No one bar the 2 teams involved really gave 2 shits about it a week later

 

[catters05]

He won't be allowed to play in the GF but the AFL will probably bring in a pre GF bye now that a big name player will miss a GF.

The AFL love knee jerk reactions as much as they love byes.

Should have been done ages ago, the knee jerk reaction was the end of h&a bye.

 

[Underarm]

Was not the thread topic I was expecting
Thought it was going to be about the Richmond forums classless commentary surrounding his injury.

Alas, he will miss and his misfortune will be Bews/Stanley's gain.

What's weirder - the Richmond boards obsession with Stewart? Or Geelong fan's obsession with what the Richmond board says about Tom Stewart?

 

[Erakor]

Unfortunately, the AFL only react and are not proactive.

Bye should change between the prelim and grand final, which I’m sure it will now.

This was always going to happen.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

What's weirder - the Richmond boards obsession with Stewart? Or Geelong fan's obsession with what the Richmond board says about Tom Stewart?

Grown men revelling in a players injury is unhinged.

 

[Underarm]

Grown men revelling in a players injury is unhinged.

Well sure, but choosing to go on an online forum seeking out the unhinged takes on said injury is in itself a little unhinged.

 

[deck]

People just have this response because it’s not visible like a broken leg. But the reality of concussion is pretty clear, the damage is there and he can’t play as a result.

Was it Mathew Egan who got up for a Grand Final when he really shouldn't have played. Never played again and then took the AFL, Geelong and club doctors to court over it.

 

[delta_magpie]

All week we will be hearing about this from Gerard Whateley the cats supporter, and im pretty sure hes been a big advocate of a pre-Grand Final bye

I mean they do it for the super bowl? and i think thats a 2 week gap...many media related and logistics reasons behind it due to the venue being rotated every year... but they are far more advanced in CTE science then australia and as such has worked as a blessing for any players in that 12 day concussion protocols.

In terms of tom stewarts incident its terrible and there is no way the AFL will change protocols even if the player signs a waiver (not to sue in the future if he gets concussed again in the GF etc) as i believe waivers are not worth the paper they are printed on.

99% sure the best case scenario is the AFL grow a brain and move the rest week from start of finals to the end of finals.

 

[The_Reaper]

I don't think there would be a judge in the country who would want to overturn the AFL in this matter

 

[Demon in Hell]

I’m guessing the AFL would love Stewart to take legal action and WIN because the AFL would then have no liability in any future class actions by players regarding concussions and head injuries.

They simply say we tried to help the players but the players didn’t want to help themselves.

 

[Altum Volantes]

Absolutely not - that would send completely the wrong message from the club, the league, the players association, Stewart himself etc etc

You can't 'be serious about concussion' if you need to consider how important the game being missed is.

'Oh yeah it's a mandatory 12 days to ensure the health of the injured player is top priority unless it's an important game and it's a good player, then we'll let him play'

So with all that in mind, I expect the AFL will be planning their GF week PR disaster as we speak.

 

[delta_magpie]

All week we will be hearing about this from Gerard Whateley the cats supporter, and im pretty sure hes been a big advocate of a pre-Grand Final bye

I mean they do it for the super bowl? and i think thats a 2 week gap...many media related and logistics reasons behind it due to the venue being rotated every year... but they are far more advanced in CTE science then australia and as such has worked as a blessing for any players in that 12 day concussion protocols.

In terms of tom stewarts incident its terrible and there is no way the AFL will change protocols even if the player signs a waiver (not to sue in the future if he gets concussed again in the GF etc) as i believe waivers are not worth the paper they are printed on.

99% sure the best case scenario is the AFL grow a brain and move the rest week from start of finals to the end of finals.

It also makes sense on Brownlow night... how anti climactic is it when an interstate club wins the award over a zoom call?
fking AFL... run like a lemonade stand

 

[STPer18]

Opens up a spot for premiership hero Rhys 'Farmer' Stanley.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Well sure, but choosing to go on an online forum seeking out the unhinged takes on said injury is in itself a little unhinged.

We should always strive to call out bad behaviour. Accountability is important.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Should Stewart be considering going down the legal path and challenging his ban ? I imagine if he could find a independent doctor that declares he is fit to play this ban struggle to hold up in court

 

[demondavey]

Was it Mathew Egan who got up for a Grand Final when he really shouldn't have played. Never played again and then took the AFL, Geelong and club doctors to court over it.

Egan never played in a GF. I think he was AA CHB in 2007? Wrecked his foot.

You’re probably think Max Rooke.

 

[demondavey]

Opens up a spot for premiership hero Rhys 'Farmer' Stanley.

He was really good in your last premiership. He’ll play and Blicavs might go back.

 

[demondavey]

It also makes sense on Brownlow night... how anti climactic is it when an interstate club wins the award over a zoom call?
fking AFL... run like a lemonade stand

Not really, the Brownlow is a shit award anyway.