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Earl Hood
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How does Ryan Burton get off for the hit on Higgins? Knocked him into next week, but according to the MRP he didn’t mean it? If you choose to bump you wear the consequences. Higgins went to hospital so the the hit was high, deliberate and high impact. Yet somehow no issue. I thought the only way Burton would not get 3 weeks was if the MRP beamed that neither player saw each other before contact but that is not mentioned in the finding. They just say Burton could not have foreseen the consequences. Absolute rubbish. Yet Daniel Wells is deemed to be a dog for his hit on Selwood, yet he could also claim he wasn’t expecting Selwood to throw himself head first toward the ball. Wells should pay the price of choosing to bump as should Burton. 

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      On 23/04/2018 at 13:08, Earl Hood said:

    How does Ryan Burton get off for the hit on Higgins? Knocked him into next week, but according to the MRP he didn’t mean it? If you choose to bump you wear the consequences. Higgins went to hospital so the the hit was high, deliberate and high impact. Yet somehow no issue. I thought the only way Burton would not get 3 weeks was if the MRP beamed that neither player saw each other before contact but that is not mentioned in the finding. They just say Burton could not have foreseen the consequences. Absolute rubbish. Yet Daniel Wells is deemed to be a dog for his hit on Selwood, yet he could also claim he wasn’t expecting Selwood to throw himself head first toward the ball. Wells should pay the price of choosing to bump as should Burton. 

    Lindsay Thomas?

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    Gee the media love to talk in circles on this- first it was we don’t want the outcome of a bump to dictate the tribunal result and now they all flip when the MRO carries that out. 

    Burton did not hit him high. It was a fair bump followed by an accidental head clash. Either ban the bump or no weeks for burton. 

    Good call from the MRO imo

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      On 23/04/2018 at 13:11, Watts the matter said:

    Lindsay Thomas?

    Whoops sorry I meant  Lindsay Thomas

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    Tom Mitchell will get about 4 fines this year and no weeks suspension. Just like Danger last year

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      On 23/04/2018 at 13:29, olisik said:

    Tom Mitchell will get about 4 fines this year and no weeks suspension. Just like Danger last year

    And Cotchin.....

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    They, sorry, he (an individual not a panel) sure look after their favorites and Downlow  favorites.   

    Deliberate, high, off the play ..... but there is always an excuse when they want to find one.  

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      On 23/04/2018 at 21:30, monoccular said:

    They, sorry, he (an individual not a panel) sure look after their favorites and Downlow  favorites.   

    Deliberate, high, off the play ..... but there is always an excuse when they want to find one.  

    you seriously think mitchell deserved a week for that?  he tickled the blokes ear with his elbow.  even Goldy has come out and said it felt like a mosquito (or something similar)

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      On 23/04/2018 at 22:54, DubDee said:

    you seriously think mitchell deserved a week for that?  he tickled the blokes ear with his elbow.  even Goldy has come out and said it felt like a mosquito (or something similar)

    The action should be punished, not the outcome. Mitchell can control his actions, not the outcome.

    If the AFL want to crack down on these kind of off-field incidents then suspending players for these would stop it dead in its tracks.

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      On 23/04/2018 at 13:16, DubDee said:

    Burton did not hit him high. It was a fair bump followed by an accidental head clash. Either ban the bump or no weeks for burton. 

    This.  The "player chose to bump" argument is for the instance where the bumper's shoulder or arm collects the bumpee in the head.  In this case it was a body-on-body bump followed by a head clash.  That could happen in a tackle, too, but nobody would be screaming "suspension" in that case.

    Higgins getting knocked out was an unfortunate outcome, but no case to answer for the Burton IMO.

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      On 23/04/2018 at 23:19, Clint Bizkit said:

    The action should be punished, not the outcome. Mitchell can control his actions, not the outcome.

    If the AFL want to crack down on these kind of off-field incidents then suspending players for these would stop it dead in its tracks.

    I agree the action should be punished not the outcome.  but the action needs to be sufficient to warrant punishment in the first place.

    Very low force in the elbow, so no suspension

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      On 24/04/2018 at 00:27, DubDee said:

    I agree the action should be punished not the outcome.  but the action needs to be sufficient to warrant punishment in the first place.

    Very low force in the elbow, so no suspension

    The act of intentionally elbowing a player in the head off the ball is what should be punished.  If the AFL want to eliminate this from the game then this is the solution.

    It was probably just pot luck that he didn't connect with Goldstein.

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    :rolleyes:.hmm

    Ill try over there >>>>

    Edited by beelzebub

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      On 24/04/2018 at 00:50, beelzebub said:

    Nearest the pin...

    Im pumped...we got this...:rolleyes:

    Big stage...wet ball... slippery stuff...

    Tigers by 30

    Go Dees

    So excited you didnt check you had the right thread Beelz? 

    :P

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      On 24/04/2018 at 00:53, ding said:

    So excited you didnt check you had the right thread Beelz? 

    :P

    Thats it....big thumb !!

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