Ablett wins appeal. System is broken

[pineapple dee 2,892]

Haven't seen the incident but let me paraphrase the verdict, save everyone a heap of time. 

" low impact, not intentional, impact caused by the Suns player ( who will get a week for it if he apologises to Gary and says 3 Hail Marys). Alleged impact was in play and caused no harm to Suns player.

No further correspondence will be entered into. Leave Gary alone !!!!! He's just a human being like anyone else. 

Amen

 

[BAMF 3,783]

He will have to go for that 

Miles hammed up the impact, but it's still a fist to the head.

[Demon Dude 425]

This is what happens when you let guys off the hook just because they're a "champion of the game" and a "ball player". They think they can do whatever they want. He needs to be suspended, like he should have been the last 2 times he hit blokes in the head. Everyone should be be judged under the rules the same, no bending the rules just for the elite.

[3183 Dee 2,602]

He actually has a go with his left first and then gets him with the right. Obviously, the impact was not severe, but the action is undoubtedly there.

[Dee Zephyr 17,303]

Ablett seems very confident he has nothing to worry about. Post game he claimed it was just clumsy and the undisciplined act only deserved a free kick. Wonder if Mr MRO heard that and gave it a nod of approval.

[Mazer Rackham 14,968]

Aw, gee, do we really want to see the best players on the sidelines just because they deliberately break the rules of the game? This could cost someone a Brownlow! Do we really want to see a star player miss out on a Brownlow just because they repeatedly show they can't conform to the rules? What's the game coming to?

[sue 8,409]

Ah, so it's now "three strikes and you're in"

[Mazer Rackham 14,968]

This week on Survivor: AFL, the Intruders form an alliance and issue Gary Ablett with a Penalty Challenge. Will he play his last Immunity Pin?

[Kumamoto_Ken 1,531]

What's really starting to [censored] me is this [censored] look everytime...

 

[Mazer Rackham 14,968]

"ALL TOGETHER NOW: ♪ the river Jordan is deep and wide, hallelujah ♫ COME ON, CLAP YOUR HANDS!"

Edited May 26, 2019 by Mazer Rackham

[Deemania since 56 6,119]

On 5/13/2019 at 7:03 PM, DV8 said:

Well thats Gaz.

The AFL helped him get back to the Cattery,  just as they helped him get to QLD,  a$ a Millionaire.

... and they are still helping him every step.

 

Well AFL howz about a little help with us Dees,  finding another home Base and facilities ?... within Melbourne,  that is Gill.

Trump is rightly approaching impeachment. Gill is wrongly fiddling the books, rules, interpretations, outcomes of decisions and totally adjusting any concept of an even and honourable field of play - with no impeachment.

He must be the worse example of those who sit in the Chair, and at a time in the course of the game when it is possibly most important and necessary to have integrity than ever. 

[DV8 2,271]

3 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Trump is rightly approaching impeachment. Gill is wrongly fiddling the books, rules, interpretations, outcomes of decisions and totally adjusting any concept of an even and honourable field of play - with no impeachment.

He must be the worse example of those who sit in the Chair, and at a time in the course of the game when it is possibly most important and necessary to have integrity than ever. 

When big business see $$$$$$,  morals go out th highest window...  and those important things Lose.  Morals,  Environment,  Social Health.

How may times has  3rd world countries  had they're environments screwed up for the $$$$...  prosperity of shareholders,  in other countries.... like Papua NG... like Sth-American countries and now the Amazon itself...

Lets not mention the Arctic and Ant-Arctic.

 

And its fully evident in VFL-AFL...  see Fitzroy Lions,  Sth-Melbourne Swans,  et al...   Fixtures  and Prime time TV.

capitalism is devastating

[Dame Gaga 2,453]

Today there are suggestions the AFL is dealing in double standards to star players, and these players are receiving preferential treatment from the MRO and the tribunal. Ha ha ha ha ha. Thank you Paul Johnson and Andrew McMurtry of news.com.au for your insight. What gave you that idea?  The school of stating the bleeding obvious also thanks you.

[Dame Gaga 2,453]

Miles will get fined for staging. Ablett off.

[Moonshadow 16,109]

And he gets a week.

Thank [censored] Christ!

Edited May 27, 2019 by Moonshadow

[DubDee 20,338]

finally got a week

praise Jebus!

[sue 8,409]

The age of miracles is not yet passed brothers and sisters.

[Lucifers Hero 36,983]

Geelong will save the $10,000 by not challenging; they were going to rest him anyway.

Nonetheless, its good he was suspended, he was acting like Mr Teflon by throwing 'clumsy' punches every other week, then pouting to escape penalty.

[Dame Gaga 2,453]

Well, I was wrong, but looks like he only did it because he wanted a holiday.

[btdemon 475]

Shouldv’e got two..

punched him in the jaw ffs

[Pates 9,536]

30 minutes ago, btdemon said:

Shouldv’e got two..

punched him in the jaw ffs

Low impact and to be fair the GC seemed to channel Oliver's flop from last year. I feel like if that had been the first offence in the run he would've got away with it, I still feel like the reprimand system (not so much the left over points) wasn't the worst idea, two reprimands equals a suspension. He should've been gone after his second elbow. 

This one he had to go, I think a week was right. 

[DV8 2,271]

4 hours ago, DubDee said:

finally got a week

praise Jebus!

He should have been on suspended penalties for the past two recent incidents... so now he could be serving 3 or 4 matches concurrently, for this latest uncharacteristic fail.

[biggestred 4,256]

He swung a wild left which missed and then jabbed with the right.

1 week is very bloody lienent 

Beamed got 2 once for missing with an elbow

[Winners at last 4,685]

Ablett, Selwood, Dangerfield.

Kinda like the choice between typhoid, cholera, leprosy.

[Brownie 5,126]

Nice to see consistency rules for the MRO and Geelong.

Hawkins gets off with an elbow to the head. 

The tradition lives on

https://coupler.foxsports.com.au/api/v1/article/amp/afl/afl-2019-four-players-fined-for-striking-including-geelong-star-tom-hawkins/news-story/dd9ece8132d8236fd49c48e080124f1a