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Troy Pannell Corruption

Is umpire corruption an issue worth investigating?

  • Not at all. The AFL would make sure it’s ok

    Votes: 5 5.9%

  • Troy Parnell only . Doubt there’s others

    Votes: 6 7.1%

  • Could be more widespread. Should be investigated

    Votes: 19 22.4%

  • Highly likely given the amount of money in the sport. Full investigation

    Votes: 55 64.7%
  • Total voters
    85

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Greenfinger

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I posted yesterday a link to a story on the corrupt Troy Pannell being on the run from police .
Roo has called for an AFL investigation into a particular game …..

How widespread do we thing corruption in umpiring is ? Just Pannell or could there be others? Is the AFL doing enough? No where near from my point of view.

With the combination of the AFL hitching its own wagon to a runaway gambling industry and with an increase in highly unusual umpiring decisions and games do we have a problem beyond Pannell? There never been more money in the game so the motive is there.

Should the AFL investigate our games and that one in particular?
 
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ahhh... the "Pat Jake Stringer on the bum after giving him a free kick" match.

My head exploded that day.

Yes, investigate
 
Here’s the story


Adelaide premiership star Mark Ricciuto has called on the AFL to investigate runaway umpire Troy Pannell who was accused of bias against the Crows in 2016.
Mr Pannell is now believed to be on the run in South Australia after he failed to show up for court over allegations he defrauded his former employer SeaRoad Shipping of $8.7 million.

It is alleged the fraud was happening when Mr Pannell gave 17 free kicks to the Bulldogs and only one to Adelaide in a 2016 game at Docklands Stadium.

The AFL did not respond to questions on Wednesday about whether it investigated that game, Mr Pannell’s career or had checked into his betting account history.
Ricciuto said that Bulldogs and Crows game, and Mr Pannell’s career, needed to be reviewed after the allegations in court came to light.

“Adelaide ended up losing the game by 15 points, if you can believe it,” he said.

“The Bulldogs won the flag that year. If the Bulldogs had not have won that game, they probably would have finished eighth, probably wouldn’t have even advanced.

“Adelaide would have finished third on the ladder instead of fifth. We would have a double chance.”
He later added: “It might have cost us a flag.”

Mr Pannell, who has now disconnected his mobile phone, did not show up to Victoria’s Supreme Court on Tuesday.

SeaRoad Shipping is demanding Mr Pannell pay back the $8.7 million and wanted his passport flagged with the AFP to stop him leaving the country.

An arrest warrant for contempt of court was also set to be issued.
The Adelaide Football Club was due to hold a board meeting on Wednesday night.

Ricciuto made the comments on his breakfast radio program on Triple M in Adelaide, where he was asked by his co-host if the AFL should investigate.

“I would think now that maybe it might be worthy of it, not for that game but just in general because he was involved in some horse racing,” Ricciuto said.

Ricciuto declined to comment when contacted to ask to clarify his comments.

The AFL’s general manager of football Mark Evans defended Mr Pannell after the extraordinary umpiring in 2016.

“The free kick count was a heavily skewed count, not that it has to be equal. But certainly every time you see something like that you look for what are the errors,” Mr Evans said at the time.

“You look at missed free kicks and you look at the incorrect free kicks that were paid.

“Some of those certainly favoured the Bulldogs.”

But Mr Evans added at the time that he backed Mr Pannell to umpire the following week.

“He’s had a very, very good year. It would be akin to having a good player who’s had a good year and even if they had a bad performance do you drop them?” he said.

“What do you actually gain out of that? He will absolutely umpire this week.”

Mr Pannell umpired more than 200 AFL games in his 13-year career.

He was not contactable on Wednesday
 

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Samcro24 said:
The afl try to sweep shit under the rug at the best of times.

They certainly aren’t going to investigate a game from 9 years ago.
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Absolutely won’t but I’d like to see a widespread investigation into corruption in the afl . Too many head scratching decisions now and so many avenues to bet on every aspect of the game now .
 
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The afl try to sweep shit under the rug at the best of times.

They certainly aren’t going to investigate a game from 9 years ago.
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The AFL got their achieved outcone.

Parnell probably got a performance bonus along with other umpires who assisted...

 
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He started stealing from the shipping mob in 2015, so we can be confident that he’d racked up some significant racing debts by then. From there, it’s fair to say the debts were not to an organisation like Sportsbet or Bet 365. From there it’s a pretty logical step to suggest he’d be very susceptible to opportunities to retire debt or keep his kneecaps baseball bat free. And we know he’s morally capable of large scale theft AND his addiction was enormous.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the AFL didn’t get an inkling, run an internal investigation and quietly remove him from the game.
 
Just have to highlight this p:ss weak response at the time when we complained . What an arrogant and condescending response from the AFL .

But Mr Evans added at the time that he backed Mr Pannell to umpire the following week.

“He’s had a very, very good year. It would be akin to having a good player who’s had a good year and even if they had a bad performance do you drop them?” he said.

“What do you actually gain out of that? He will absolutely umpire this week.”

So if an umpire 16 frees to 1 it’s just a bad week 🤬😡. The AFL would have to be the most inept sporting code in the country.

Would love to know Pannells full record on umpiring. I seem to recall other teams having issues with him too but can’t recall the details.
 
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Greenfinger said:
Mr Pannell is now believed to be on the run in South Australia after he failed to show up for court over allegations he defrauded his former employer SeaRoad Shipping of $8.7 million.
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This is my favourite part of the article.
SA is the worst place he could come!
We can’t help you… Crows fans want his blood more than the debt collectors do.
Grab your pitchforks and let the search begin
 
maxlilly said:
That Hawthorn final was a complete rort.
I still think that was the most corrupt game I've seen
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It was. People will laugh at Roo given it was nearly ten years ago but I'm glad he is calling it out.

For two games not involving Adelaide the 2016 Prelim and Grand Final were out of control. Had there been a Victorian side on the end of either umpiring performances, AFL house would of been burnt down. The Bulldogs wouldn't of got past GWS in the Prelim let alone beat Sydney. It was a joke.
 

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Minor Threat said:
This is my favourite part of the article.
SA is the worst place he could come!
We can’t help you… Crows fans want his blood more than the debt collectors do.
Grab your pitchforks and let the search begin
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That’s the genius of it.

“They’d never look for me there”

He’s probably at west lakes
 
Officiating corruption has been a problem in the USA...but a lot of betting revoles around point spreads.

I guess one small solace is at least the right team normally wins, just by not as much as expected.
 

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