RichLeMonde
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Danny Frawley killed himself and was found to have CTE.
Maybe you need a helmet... and a bib
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Maybe you need a helmet... and a bib
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When is the decision made? Bit confused considering it was a Thurs game.
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Fox Footy says the MRO will look at it today sometime
AFL needs a strong Carlton so he will be OK
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Thanks.
Are you trying to tell us that Danny Frawley committed suicide because he had been bumped in the head too many times ??
Has to be a week.
Was late. Unnecessary. Head high. Decent impact. Clark had the wobbles.
Was late. Unnecessary. Head high. Decent impact. Clark had the wobbles.
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No suspension. My Supercoach teams structure relies on Zac playing from round 1.
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Can't like this enough.
All depends if the applied unequally "potential to injure" gets a run.
Lol, didn't translate into the umpiring last night. Must just be on MRO??
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Seen worse bumps than this that haven't even garnered a second mention from the commentary team and forgotten about 5 seconds later. Glad to see everyone is so outraged by this and looking forward to Williams copping a week.
Perfect example was Bailey Smith with a raised elbow strike to Sam Walsh's neck, off the ball between plays in plain sight on camera. One of numerous strikes from Smith on Walsh that night.
I think Malifice summed it up perfectly on page 1. Should be a fine.
Perfect example was Bailey Smith with a raised elbow strike to Sam Walsh's neck, off the ball between plays in plain sight on camera. One of numerous strikes from Smith on Walsh that night.
I think Malifice summed it up perfectly on page 1. Should be a fine.
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Shame helmets do SFA.
I can't see them calling that low impact just because Clark kept playing, even though he was staggering around for while getting up from the deck.
Last year the AFL was saying that with the violent motion of the head rocking back like that it's the potential to do damage. The AFL have already set the precident, it'll be more than one week, early plea and good record if he has one might get it down to one week. Low impacts are more like glacing blows, high impact if he fails a concussion test.
Intentional (chose to bump, not incidental), high contact, medium impact. Weeks.
TheKITC
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I honestly think it deserves a week, send the message. Given their 'matrix' and ludicrously bad consistency, could be anything from nothing -> 2 weeks.
If he does indeed get suspended, I expect a high profile player playing against us later in the season to do the same thing and be let off.
If he does indeed get suspended, I expect a high profile player playing against us later in the season to do the same thing and be let off.
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No, that's not how 'intentional' works.
You're allowed to bump in AFL. He was performing a legal action (bumping a player who was carrying the ball) but it was late, and careless.
Intentional grading is rare for 'rough conduct' bumps. They're almost always graded careless. Its 'striking' charges that are far more often graded as intentional.
Turn around and clock someone in the face, and it's clearly intentional. A poorly executed or late bump is generally just careless.
The only way it gets done as intentional is if his action of leaping off the ground infers an intent to engage in rough conduct.
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Those who yearn for yesterday, sorry but it's gone my friends. Yeah, it's great to watch tough, hard at it football, but with all that's being learned about the brain and CTE and effects later in life, I expect the bump gets wiped out by the end of this decade. Anything late will (and probably should) be deemed long term suspension worthy. Tough s**t if the player just disposed of the ball and you're a fraction late. Your only choice will be to tackle (and even then, tackle without force).
Helmets are not the answer because the damage is caused inside the skull, with the brain sloshing around inside and against a hard surface. See the way the Saints player's head jolts. He's not ready for that hit and his brain has just done a merry go round in his head.
AFL needs to stop with their bullshit grading. Too many grey areas of the rules need to be cleaned up to be one or the other. It's either legal or it's not, regardless of outcome.
Helmets are not the answer because the damage is caused inside the skull, with the brain sloshing around inside and against a hard surface. See the way the Saints player's head jolts. He's not ready for that hit and his brain has just done a merry go round in his head.
AFL needs to stop with their bullshit grading. Too many grey areas of the rules need to be cleaned up to be one or the other. It's either legal or it's not, regardless of outcome.
Linda_Lovelace
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His feet left the ground, made contact to the head, he is gone.
Absolute horse sh1t, he looked straight at him put the elbow up. Oh and where the fu** was the ball?
More importantly, can someone else remind us how many weeks Long got?
