Tribunal / suspensions 2024

[G-Mo77]

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A week for West?

Yeah, this game is stuffed.

I just caught up on this news. I'll take the Darcy one, that one could have possibly been more but West's? What did he actually do?

[EasternWest]

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I just caught up on this news. I'll take the Darcy one, that one could have possibly been more but West's? What did he actually do?

Garbage. They have to appeal it.

[jeemak]

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What the MRO/ tribunal might argue is that West was attacking the contest in a similar way that rightfully earned him his most recent suspension. They'd say he's a player who needs to learn from previous risky behaviours, without dealing with each individual instance on its merits.

It's a silly way of going about things, but it's a justification for borderline decisions by the MRO/ tribunal that's been used before.

[ledge]

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And Harley Reid will probably get a week , rising star award just lost its shine completely.

[soupman]

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Is there any chance they just decide mid season to scrap the "fairest" part of the award, seeing as it isn't really relevant.

It would be arrogantly unprofessional, which is right up the AFL's alley, and the alternative is not much better when they find a way to not suspend Reid for something they have clearly defined as suspendable.

Honestly they'd probably see the "content" the move generates as a good thing, especially as it can be framed as the AFL scrapping an outdated rule, and every media outlet is going to immediately jump to the next line about how fantastic it is that Reid and Darcy, the clear frontrunners and indisputably rising stars, will still be able to battle it out.

[jeemak]

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The silver lining here is that Darcy will end up having a more impressive season and won't get ripped at the finish line by the sycophantic judging and media cabal that ****ed Bont over in 2014.

What he's doing as an early game 208cm player is next level good and everything as impressive as Harley Reid's start, but I reckon he won't fatigue in the last ten games of the season like Reid could meaning he may play out the season better.

Question - like the Brownlow do players still get rising star votes for their efforts in season or do they get excluded from panel judging altogether?

[hujsh]

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The silver lining here is that Darcy will end up having a more impressive season and won't get ripped at the finish line by the sycophantic judging and media cabal that ****ed Bont over in 2014.

What he's doing as an early game 208cm player is next level good and everything as impressive as Harley Reid's start, but I reckon he won't fatigue in the last ten games of the season like Reid could meaning he may play out the season better.

Question - like the Brownlow do players still get rising star votes for their efforts in season or do they get excluded from panel judging altogether?

Buckey was asked this (he's on the panel) and he said he thinks they still get votes and that's what he'd like to do but he'll 'do as directed'

[The Adelaide Connection]

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What the MRO/ tribunal might argue is that West was attacking the contest in a similar way that rightfully earned him his most recent suspension. They'd say he's a player who needs to learn from previous risky behaviours, without dealing with each individual instance on its merits.

It's a silly way of going about things, but it's a justification for borderline decisions by the MRO/ tribunal that's been used before.

Has anyone seen the incident in full from the goalpost cam? All the vision I have seen shows the reverse angle and then cuts to the goalpost when the players are on the floor.

The reason I ask is that it looks like West initially makes contact with another player (Maynard?) first before making the contact with the other player. I'd like to see the full goalie camera version- but it looks like he bounces off one player into the other.

Not that I think it is suspendible anyway, but it is weird why they don' just show the whole incident in the closest up view of it.

[The Adelaide Connection]

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If Darcy gets suspended are we saying that any player who cannons into a players back (ie marking contest) is at risk if that player hits their head?

There are the legit marking contests when a player gets laid out and there are also a plethora of "unrealistic attempt" style ones that end up ironing out a player. Surely the latter has got to be suspendible if the player they have ridden falls forward and hits their head? What about the ones where they drive their knees through a players head and knock them out (ie Cordy in the 2016 Prelim)?

Edit: I think he should probably get a suspension- but the grading is confusing seeing he doesn't make contact with the head. I think it should also put the "unrealistic" marking attempts on notice.

[Topdog]

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If Darcy gets suspended are we saying that any player who cannons into a players back (ie marking contest) is at risk if that player hits their head?
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He already got 2 weeks. Decided yesterday.

[Bulldog Joe]

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Given Harley is the unbackable favourite for the Rising Star award, I am sure he will get a "get out of jail free" card from the AFL I wonder if we will argue Sam's case in order to try to get a reduction in the sentence. Perhaps we need to engage Carlton's lawyers, they are always pretty adept in having verdicts overthrown.

Given the gambling dollar and whatever take the AFL gets, it probably generates a whole new market and revenue if Reid is ineligible.

[Hotdog60]

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Would it be worth an appeal just to get it downgraded to 1 week. Not saying its not worth a report but the wording of it.

[bulldogtragic]

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The silver lining here is that Darcy will end up having a more impressive season and won't get ripped at the finish line by the sycophantic judging and media cabal that ****ed Bont over in 2014.

What he's doing as an early game 208cm player is next level good and everything as impressive as Harley Reid's start, but I reckon he won't fatigue in the last ten games of the season like Reid could meaning he may play out the season better.

Question - like the Brownlow do players still get rising star votes for their efforts in season or do they get excluded from panel judging altogether?

I think the real silver lining is it forces us to manage his game time. With his injury history, while we don’t want to lose him, a three week training block (with the bye) and refresh for the back half of the year isn’t the worst outcome.

[ledge]

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I think the real silver lining is it forces us to manage his game time. With his injury history, while we don’t want to lose him, a three week training block (with the bye) and refresh for the back half of the year isn’t the worst outcome.

As long as we can win the next two without him , we need to get to 8-6 then we are in a very good position.

[bulldogtragic]

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As long as we can win the next two without him , we need to get to 8-6 then we are in a very good position.

Makes no difference now, we are playing without him. Just got to win and keep winning.