MRP thread 2017

[Bulldog4life]

Goes without saying, its the type only there is !!!

His intelligent reply was ha ha ha

[Remi Moses]

Found a gws fan

[bornadog]

This is truly a joke and hope we appeal this rubbish:

[bornadog]

Bevo confirms we are challenging this stupid suspension

[Topdog]

Bevo confirms we are challenging this stupid suspension

Great news

[KT31]

Bevo confirms we are challenging this stupid suspension

Excellent news.

[Twodogs]

Bevo confirms we are challenging this stupid suspension

Great news

Excellent news.

As long as we don't lose then either have a player with a week's suspension hanging over his head going into the new salon or we are trying to trade a player with a week's suspension hanging over his head. It's just an extra complication we don't need or Big Jack needs.


Having said that, every fibre of my being is screaming "appeal the bloody decision" at me.

[hujsh]

What a load of shit. I don't like to be too on the 'AFL is out to get us' bus but it's hard not to after this week

[Sedat]

What a load of shit. I don't like to be too on the 'AFL is out to get us' bus but it's hard not to after this week

It's not that. The are simply an incompetent organisation who follow instead of lead. They allowed jumper punches to fester on their watch, and then proceeded to then smash a walnut with a sledgehammer mid season. Meanwhile they have dropped the ball on 'head is sacrosanct' and have been completely beholden to outcomes rather than actions - if Wines broke Langdon's jaw, he goes from 0 weeks to probably 5-6 weeks FOR THE SAME INCIDENT. That is a system that is fatally flawed and needs urgent surgery in the off-season

As for the Greene incident, it was clearly in the too hard basket for them to properly handle.

[Topdog]

Great post Sedat

[Eastdog]

It's not that. The are simply an incompetent organisation who follow instead of lead. They allowed jumper punches to fester on their watch, and then proceeded to then smash a walnut with a sledgehammer mid season. Meanwhile they have dropped the ball on 'head is sacrosanct' and have been completely beholden to outcomes rather than actions - if Wines broke Langdon's jaw, he goes from 0 weeks to probably 5-6 weeks FOR THE SAME INCIDENT. That is a system that is fatally flawed and needs urgent surgery in the off-season

As for the Greene incident, it was clearly in the too hard basket for them to properly handle.

Well said Sedat. So true the part I have bolded.

[Bulldog Joe]

The MRP as it is currently constituted, is incapable of delivering open and fair outcomes.

What the AFL need to do is remove the past players from the panel, as they clearly have a conflict of interest.

The panel needs to be established with a selection of people from judiciary/law enforcement backgrounds that can objectively look at each case and deliver consistent outcomes.

This needs to be separate from any other AFL involvement other than the application of the rules as they are laid down.

[bornadog]

Based on Redpath, why isn't this reportable:

[Testekill]

It's not that. The are simply an incompetent organisation who follow instead of lead. They allowed jumper punches to fester on their watch, and then proceeded to then smash a walnut with a sledgehammer mid season. Meanwhile they have dropped the ball on 'head is sacrosanct' and have been completely beholden to outcomes rather than actions - if Wines broke Langdon's jaw, he goes from 0 weeks to probably 5-6 weeks FOR THE SAME INCIDENT. That is a system that is fatally flawed and needs urgent surgery in the off-season

As for the Greene incident, it was clearly in the too hard basket for them to properly handle.

Even with the bolded part, it's almost random how they decide when the action is more important or the outcome. If a player doesn't get hurt by a bump and the bumper gets suspended then they trot out that the action is more important but in this case the only thing that mattered was the outcome.

It's just mind boggling. Same with Greene where they have said that he did something wrong resulting in a fine but they also classified it as misconduct which meant that it wouldn't have given him an automatic one week suspension since a misconduct fine is separate from stuff like rough conduct.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

What a laughing stock the AFL is becoming. Zero integrity. It's just embarrassing and players sound like they're losing faith

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/bob...9979101ee50389