Maybe the new CEO is actually going to be fair dinkum about it.
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This prob was part of the AFL decision to reduce from 8. 2024 is about amplifying the theatrics.
short term (<R12) 1/20
medium term (>rd 12) evens
long term (2025) 20/1
AFL: consistently inconsistent
think they got Webster penalty bang on though - 8 weeks with a week off for genuine contrition.
though if Simpkin misses the year, or retires, its inadequate.
I thought Ross Lyon handled it very well 'there is no defence' from the outset.
yep. Can you imagine if Darcy Moore did similar this week?
Christian would make up a new 'self-defence' grading
This is a watershed moment. I think it's time to ban the bump.
The Brayshaw early retirement is going to change the sport as we know it I feel.
The Brayshaw early retirement is going to change the sport as we know it I feel.
The AFL have known about concussion for how long? It's been a can of worms for years, they have just refused to find the opener.
IMO this isn't a watershed moment, that was the easiest deliberation ever. It was an old-fashioned H&S which has been outlawed for years. It was always going to be 6+ weeks and back pats all round.
The complication will come when we have the next knockout in a marking contest or ground ball where one player chooses to protect himself and the other is knocked out. How does the AFL administer that?
Oh, and the bump isn't dead. Just don't leave your feet & bump in the head. The Lefau bump on Lever is the prototype - stay low and drill through the body. I imagine we will see a lot less bumps though.
IMO this isn't a watershed moment, that was the easiest deliberation ever. It was an old-fashioned H&S which has been outlawed for years. It was always going to be 6+ weeks and back pats all round.
The complication will come when we have the next knockout in a marking contest or ground ball where one player chooses to protect himself and the other is knocked out. How does the AFL administer that?
Oh, and the bump isn't dead. Just don't leave your feet & bump in the head. The Lefau bump on Lever is the prototype - stay low and drill through the body. I imagine we will see a lot less bumps though.
How can they be so inconsistent with adjudicating this stuff again.
So Hewett and Neale are wrestling, Hewett hits Neale high (in the throat), Neale retaliates by punching Hewett in the stomach.
Hewett - CARELESS conduct, low impact, high contact
Neale - INTENTIONAL conduct, low impact, body contact
Both get $2,500 fines. How is that right, how can Neales be regarded as intentional but Hewetts isn't? Its so contrived, but yet again, like the incidents with Grimes and the 50's yesterday, you get this sort of stuff where the incidents are basically the same time, same act, but treated differently.
So Hewett and Neale are wrestling, Hewett hits Neale high (in the throat), Neale retaliates by punching Hewett in the stomach.
Hewett - CARELESS conduct, low impact, high contact
Neale - INTENTIONAL conduct, low impact, body contact
Both get $2,500 fines. How is that right, how can Neales be regarded as intentional but Hewetts isn't? Its so contrived, but yet again, like the incidents with Grimes and the 50's yesterday, you get this sort of stuff where the incidents are basically the same time, same act, but treated differently.
A couple of the blokes I drink with up here, call it cross country ballet. Going that way.
