After returning to local footy. I must say thuggish behaviour should be stamped out in both local league and AFL
In retrospective gaff only got 8 weeks for breaking someone's jaw is a disgrace. If you were to walk up to someone in local league and king hit someone son/team mate I expect a min of 2 years out. 4 years if you break somones jaw/knock out teeth. Same with bumps like tom stewards which obviously was a king hit but with a shoulder. Spare me the outrage but it's just a ******* game thus I don't feel no empathy.
So why are we so hesitant to give long bans to thuggish behaviour in AFL when local leagues/suburban leagues would willy Nilly give life time bans and yearly bans.
In retrospective gaff only got 8 weeks for breaking someone's jaw is a disgrace. If you were to walk up to someone in local league and king hit someone son/team mate I expect a min of 2 years out. 4 years if you break somones jaw/knock out teeth. Same with bumps like tom stewards which obviously was a king hit but with a shoulder. Spare me the outrage but it's just a ******* game thus I don't feel no empathy.
So why are we so hesitant to give long bans to thuggish behaviour in AFL when local leagues/suburban leagues would willy Nilly give life time bans and yearly bans.