Britney Gutknecht

[azabob]

Goodbye Football - now official

Sanity Prevails

Britney Gutknecht is free to play this weekend against West Coast after her rough conduct charge was dismissed by the AFL Tribunal tonight

Resurrection within the day for all the non believers…

[bornadog]

Resurrection within the day for all the non believers…

[1eyedog]

Umpire paid holding the ball.

[bornadog]

Umpire paid holding the ball.

Correct decision

[westdog54]

For mine, the Maynard incident and this one are the same. They both come down to duty of care. Both were "football acts" within the rules but are potentially careless. If the game is heading towards putting onus on the tackling player to ensure the tackled player isn't concussed as a duty of care, then the game has changed. Perhaps that is what is needed. It'd be very difficult to adjudicate though.

Fwiw I thought both incidents didn't deserve suspensions. But I can see the 'duty of care angle. I just don't know how you'd adjudicate it. It can't JUST be based on outcome.

If we're going to consider 'Duty of Care' then it shouldn't be limited to the tackler.

Put a duty of care on the league not to play a contact sport in ****ing October it's ****ing hot and the grounds are ****ing hard.

Put a duty of care on the teammates is the tackled player to call "You're hot" before she gets pole-axed.

Better yet, put a duty of care on the tackled player to have some awareness of what's going on around her.

There's only one action I can see Britney taking to avoid that injury, and that's not tackling at all.

[bornadog]

If we're going to consider 'Duty of Care' then it shouldn't be limited to the tackler.

Put a duty of care on the league not to play a contact sport in ****ing October it's ****ing hot and the grounds are ****ing hard.

Put a duty of care on the teammates is the tackled player to call "You're hot" before she gets pole-axed.

Better yet, put a duty of care on the tackled player to have some awareness of what's going on around her.

There's only one action I can see Britney taking to avoid that injury, and that's not tackling at all.

Players just won't let the ball go and free up hands when they are tackled so they can brace themselves in the fall.

[jeemak]

This is heading towards the "head is sacrosanct" territory that saw players leap head first into the knees of opponents. Players will find a way to milk a free kick even if it is going to put them at greater risk of injury.

[EasternWest]

Umm are we just going to ignore the translation of her surname into English?

It was literally written in the stars and we put her on the field. We are monsters.