Higgins got hit and concussed albeit softer hit but still. One gets rubbed on potential. The one that does damage goes through to the keeper. Nuts
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So the AFL have robbed a guy out for MAYBE contacting the head and POTENTIALLY causing injury.
Well stuff me, you could apply that to a hell of a lot of contests in every game each week if you wanted to. If they don’t like the look of it then just come out and ban the hip and shoulder and stop this banning by stealth when it suits the old boys club fruiting the game.
McGuire was right last night. He’s made some mistakes , can be annoying etc but he’s always had a good sense for public opinion around pure footy matters and the game, and applying common sense.
The game is being sanitised beyond acceptance, it’s too bureaucratic, and people are voting with their feet by not attending games or watching them on tv.
There’s one or two other factors for sure, but that’s the leading one I reckon.
The game is being sanitised beyond acceptance, it’s too bureaucratic, and people are voting with their feet by not attending games or watching them on tv.
There’s one or two other factors for sure, but that’s the leading one I reckon.
Good ol' Ed was fired up last night, and he's dead right on the Marlion Pickett case.
It took me a long time to work out that the AFL thrive on drama. They see their 'product' as entertainment and not football. They work to the philosophy that no publicity is bad publicity, so they deliberately create things that are controversial to fire up debate. The tribunal is the classic template for this. How there could be so much inconsistency is beyond a joke, but it's actually what they want, as it creates controversy and prime time media discussion, including the news bulletins.
It took me a long time to work out that the AFL thrive on drama. They see their 'product' as entertainment and not football. They work to the philosophy that no publicity is bad publicity, so they deliberately create things that are controversial to fire up debate. The tribunal is the classic template for this. How there could be so much inconsistency is beyond a joke, but it's actually what they want, as it creates controversy and prime time media discussion, including the news bulletins.
I think the goal umpiring signalling has remained top quality, if lacking some of the pizazz of earlier days.
Getting rid of the white coats was a mistake. It was one of the few things people overseas enjoyed about our game.
true, and the hats as @bairdy380 mentioned. but i deliberately said the goal umpire signalling.
From memory Soldo got done for a very soft fend off as he was walking to his position after a goal. His was also an action that had the potential to cause injury, according to the MRO. I’m not sure I’ve seen any other suspensions for ‘the potential to cause injury’. And Eddie is 100% accurate when he says decisions like that are why people are staying away.
I'm not sure what this means, the culture wars are a real thing if that helps, and I'm not sure you know what a straw man is. I posted what I hear, its not always right, but life is short, you have to play the percentages.
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Neither Marlion Pickett nor Matthew Parker will play in the Dreamtime match, but their bond is replicated throughout the Tigers as they prepare for Saturday night.
All - This is a Marlion Pickett thread. Can we please get the conversation back to our beloved, but suspended Tiger.
I'm going to come back soon when I have more time to split out the Political correctness discussion and put it in the relevant place on PRE.
I'm going to come back soon when I have more time to split out the Political correctness discussion and put it in the relevant place on PRE.
