Beveridge told to explain Minson comment

[Remi Moses]

I saw Will Minson forceabley push an umpire in the back whilst shouting *!*!*!*! off. What was your interpretation?

Where's the vision of that?
It would have been used

[SlimPickens]

Where's the vision of that?
It would have been used

There was a camera directly behind me on the DH wing. It would have been used and I'd imagine it wouldn't of looked too good. I really don't understand the umpire bashing in this case. Will did the wrong thing, not the other way around.

[LostDoggy]

There was a camera directly behind me on the DH wing. It would have been used and I'd imagine it wouldn't of looked too good. I really don't understand the umpire bashing in this case. Will did the wrong thing, not the other way around.

Probably goes a fair way to explaining the penalty. I thought it was harsh, as I said in the other thread but would be interested to see the tribunals reasoning as to how they arrived at that figure.

[GVGjr]

There was a camera directly behind me on the DH wing. It would have been used and I'd imagine it wouldn't of looked too good. I really don't understand the umpire bashing in this case. Will did the wrong thing, not the other way around.

The umpire did the right thing but I think the tribunal got a result that was on the high side. Did our comments contribute to that?

[SlimPickens]

The umpire did the right thing but I think the tribunal got a result that was on the high side. Did our comments contribute to that?

I must admit I wasn't sure what the tribunal would come back with. To me what Will did was unacceptable, when comparing it to Moores case I actually think it was worse and a four week penalty seemed about right if comparing the two.

[LostDoggy]

What would everyone think if Will hadn't slapped the umpires back, but rather collected him across the back of the head?

[Topdog]

I must admit I wasn't sure what the tribunal would come back with. To me what Will did was unacceptable, when comparing it to Moores case I actually think it was worse and a four week penalty seemed about right if comparing the two.

The umpire rated the force as a 4/10. It sounds like you rated it higher?

[SlimPickens]

The umpire rated the force as a 4/10. It sounds like you rated it higher?

The problem is Will put the umpire in a position where he had to "rate the force". Combined with what was said, it wasn't a good look. Don't forget the umpire was running away from Will.

[GVGjr]

I must admit I wasn't sure what the tribunal would come back with. To me what Will did was unacceptable, when comparing it to Moores case I actually think it was worse and a four week penalty seemed about right if comparing the two.

We have different perspectives to this. Moores seems a lot worse to me than Wills but I appreciate you had a far better spot to make your call on the day.

[Remi Moses]

There was a camera directly behind me on the DH wing. It would have been used and I'd imagine it wouldn't of looked too good. I really don't understand the umpire bashing in this case. Will did the wrong thing, not the other way around.

Why wasn't this shown on the various news services ?
On the vision we( the public) have been shown, it isn't worthy of a suspension .

[SlimPickens]

Why wasn't this shown on the various news services ?
On the vision we( the public) have been shown, it isn't worthy of a suspension .

Depends who was filming it?

[AndrewP6]

What would everyone think if Will hadn't slapped the umpires back, but rather collected him across the back of the head?

It would have been different circumstances. But it wasn't. He got screwed.

[Ozza]

Based on Heath Shaw getting one week, when he was quite aggressive to an umpire and made contact, I was thinking that 2 weeks for Will would be appropriate. But they are different tribunals obviously, so the comparison is less relevant.

When you add up Will missing half a game already, plus 5 weeks suspension as a result of including the bye - its a huge hole in Will's season, and a very disappointing situation.