MRO Thread

[Bornadog]

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I'm not so sure Greene will be dealt with. He has been either found guilty or pleaded guilty 16 times in 7 years. He really should miss 8 matches just due to the sheer volume of incidents

Apparently his defence will be the scars on Bont's face happened during the game and not with the incident he was involved in.

If I was at the tribunal as the prosecutor, I would say, Hey Toby, lie down on the ground and I will grab you by the hair and smash it into the turf and see if you like it.

[comrade]

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Apparently his defence will be the scars on Bont's face happened during the game and not with the incident he was involved in.

How could he possibly know that? I hope our medicos crucify him.

[Bornadog]

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How could he possibly know that? I hope our medicos crucify him.

read Giants to argue Greene not responsible for Bontempelli bruising

[Murphy'sLore]

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Intent. Intent. Intent.

This has been driving me insane for years. Intent should count for MUCH more than outcome. But instead the tribunal invariably judges it arse-about. This is how a legitimate bump, in the spirit of the game, that accidentally catches someone at a bad angle, can be assessed as more deserving of punishment than a deliberate punch in the face or kick in the jaw or a gouge to the eye, completely unnecessary to the game, which luckily happens to cause no serious damage.

What is the point of the MRO? Surely the aim should be to ALTER BEHAVIOUR. Any on-field action which is unnecessary to the playing of the game and which has the potential to cause injury (regardless of whether such injury actually occurred) should incur the severest penalty. Because you don't want players to do it again.

[Axe Man]

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Intent. Intent. Intent.

This has been driving me insane for years. Intent should count for MUCH more than outcome. But instead the tribunal invariably judges it arse-about. This is how a legitimate bump, in the spirit of the game, that accidentally catches someone at a bad angle, can be assessed as more deserving of punishment than a deliberate punch in the face or kick in the jaw or a gouge to the eye, completely unnecessary to the game, which luckily happens to cause no serious damage.

What is the point of the MRO? Surely the aim should be to ALTER BEHAVIOUR. Any on-field action which is unnecessary to the playing of the game and which has the potential to cause injury (regardless of whether such injury actually occurred) should incur the severest penalty. Because you don't want players to do it again.

Totally agree. Take the Nic Nat Merrett incident - although Nic Nat was provoked by the hair pull what he did was really dangerous. Throwing someone much smaller than you into a fence could easily cause serious injury. By dumb luck Merrett wasn't hurt so he gets off with a fine.

[Bornadog]

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Totally agree. Take the Nic Nat Merrett incident - although Nic Nat was provoked by the hair pull what he did was really dangerous. Throwing someone much smaller than you into a fence could easily cause serious injury. By dumb luck Merrett wasn't hurt so he gets off with a fine.

They both should have copped a week. Pulling hair is a low act

[The bulldog tragician]

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They are completely divorced from reality. No one can look at the footage without squirming. What exactly are they going to claim Greene was doing? If he missed Bont's eye it wasn't for want of trying. As for Bartel - just shut up, now.

[Dancin' Douggy]

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read Giants to argue Greene not responsible for Bontempelli bruising

but he's not being charged for the marks or bruises on Bont's face. He's being charged for the incident that everyone can see with their bare eyes.

Argument DISMISSED!

[Doc26]

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read Giants to argue Greene not responsible for Bontempelli bruising

And surprise surprise the AFL is happy to oblige this:

Gleeson says there is an "intensity" about the way in which Greene approached Bontempelli, though says he will make no submission about what Greene did with his hands.

Will be a wrist slap.

[soupman]

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As bad as it looks not sure he gets suspended unless Bont says he was gouging.

Hair pulling has already been determined as just a fine, and if he gets the "making unnecessary contact to the face" charge then that's a fine as well.

I am prepared to be very dissapointed about the "punishment" dished out.

[Axe Man]

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JAY CLARK reports the AFL's legal counsel, Jeff Gleeson QC, says Toby Greene should be fined $5000.

[Grantysghost]

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As bad as it looks not sure he gets suspended unless Bont says he was gouging.

Hair pulling has already been determined as just a fine, and if he gets the "making unnecessary contact to the face" charge then that's a fine as well.

I am prepared to be very dissapointed about the "punishment" dished out.

Yes it all comes down probably (rightly or wrongly) to Marcus' version of events, and I'd hazard a guess he wants to move on quickly.

[Bornadog]

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As bad as it looks not sure he gets suspended unless Bont says he was gouging.

Hair pulling has already been determined as just a fine, and if he gets the "making unnecessary contact to the face" charge then that's a fine as well.

I am prepared to be very disappointed about the "punishment" dished out.

But is wasn't just hair pulling, he slams his head into the ground whilst holding his hair. What a weak coward he is when he is on top and doing that. There was eye gouging alright, but AFL want their love child to win games.

[Rocket Science]

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Gouging aside ... if $5k is the going rate for grabbing a prone opponents hair and repeatedly smashing his head into the ground I'm personally slipping PG a paper bag full of unmarked bills with an instruction note inside for Libba come our first game against this mob in 2020.

Bargain.

[bulldogtragic]

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I said yesterday, why do they keep doing this? Because there's never any serious consequence to their actions. This just emboldens them to keep doing it. Ironically, that team does the worst aggression/assault that puts off Western Sydney parents from having their kids take the game up.