No way he should be playing again this year. 

Very lucky boy to be available for finals...

Gambling is a big issue, the AFL need to come down really hard otherwise the integrity of the completion is done for.

10 minutes ago, rjay said:

Very lucky boy to be available for finals...

Gambling is a big issue, the AFL need to come down really hard otherwise the integrity of the completion is done for.

eeerrrh.......what integrity, rjay?........ lost that long time ago

3 games, 3 unsuccessful bets totalling $36?? Not sure why everyone thinks hes so lucky. Thin end of the wedge I guess. 

Does anyone think he actually self reported? 

One bet could be a brain fade.  Multiple bets on 3 games over a 6 week period?  Self-reporting is probably window dressing to 'justify' the discount from 22 weeks to 10.

Edited June 19, 20196 yr by Lucifer's Hero

14 minutes ago, rjay said:

Very lucky boy to be available for finals...

Gambling is a big issue, the AFL need to come down really hard otherwise the integrity of the completion is done for.

Agree with dc that horse has long bolted. The AFL sold their soul to the devil a decade ago.

9 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Does anyone think he actually self reported? 

One bet could be a brain fade.  Multiple bets on 3 games over a 6 week period?  Self-reporting is probably window dressing to 'justify' the discount from 22 weeks to 10.

"self reported" = "the club found out the story was coming and after sh*tting themselves, ordered Stephenson to self-report to try to get out in front of the story"

11 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Does anyone think he actually self reported? 

I was thinking someone at the "company" said to the AFL flick us some dollars and we got something for you

44 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Yet the  22 week ban was reduced to 10.

If the AFL want to stamp this out, they should have ruled out finals too. but Mr Man of Steel McLachlan sends out another message signalling prevarication and lenience.

Its very clear he is a sharp operator!  

 

42 minutes ago, DubDee said:

No way he should be playing again this year. 

 

30 minutes ago, rjay said:

Very lucky boy to be available for finals...

Gambling is a big issue, the AFL need to come down really hard otherwise the integrity of the completion is done for.

 

"Son, you've embarrassed yourself, your club, and the league, and worst of all, you've put the league into match fixing territory. It's as serious as it gets. We need to send a strong message. Really, you should be out for the rest of this year. But gee ... that'd be a bit rough! Oh, go on .... play your finals! (ruffles hair) Ha ha, fine boy, that."

What an ABSOLUTE Joke

Should have got at least 12 Months

He Bet on HIMSELF and HIS TEAM more than once. 

Players know the Rules

PISSWEAK AFL again

Pathetic that he can return for Finals

I am losing it with this game

4 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Pathetic that he can return for Finals

A better punishment would have been, play up to & including round 23 and THEN you're suspended!

But of course that might affect attendances which is the only thing that keeps Gil up at night.

7 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

A better punishment would have been, play up to & including round 23 and THEN you're suspended!

But of course that might affect attendances which is the only thing that keeps Gil up at night.

12 Month Minimum Ban is what it should be. 

One thing I don't understand is the process. The AFL's statement seems to suggest that the AFL itself made the decision. Does that mean (1) the Commission, (2) the CEO or someone who reports to him, such as Andrew Dillon or (3) something else? Surely for an offence like this the AFL's integrity department should collect the evidence and then present it to an independent third party, such as the AFL Tribunal, to make a decision on guilt as well as penalty. And the accused player should also have an opportunity to present his case to the Tribunal. I don't like the AFL taking on the combined roles of investigator, judge and jury.  

1 minute ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

One thing I don't understand is the process. The AFL's statement seems to suggest that the AFL itself made the decision. Does that mean (1) the Commission, (2) the CEO or someone who reports to him, such as Andrew Dillon or (3) something else? Surely for an offence like this the AFL's integrity department should collect the evidence and then present it to an independent third party, such as the AFL Tribunal, to make a decision on guilt as well as penalty. And the accused player should also have an opportunity to present his case to the Tribunal. I don't like the AFL taking on the combined roles of investigator, judge and jury.  

And then .... they sit down with Collingwood to work out the penalty!

AFL ... should be called MIUOTR ... Making It Up On The Run

Just now, Mazer Rackham said:

And then .... they sit down with Collingwood to work out the penalty!

AFL ... should be called MIUOTR ... Making It Up On The Run

I think there's a spelling mistake in your post. You meant "mucking it up..." didn't you?

26 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

What an ABSOLUTE Joke

Should have got at least 12 Months

He Bet on HIMSELF and HIS TEAM more than once. 

Players know the Rules

PISSWEAK AFL again

Pathetic that he can return for Finals

I am losing it with this game

Never thought I'd say it but the AFL have set the penalty too high this time.

Cannot hep but think that it is an inverse reaction to their reliance on the gambling dollar.

Match fixing in cricket and tennis which is a million shades worse only gets you one to two years.

50 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Does anyone think he actually self reported? 

One bet could be a brain fade.  Multiple bets on 3 games over a 6 week period?  Self-reporting is probably window dressing to 'justify' the discount from 22 weeks to 10.

Someone at Collingwood would have gotten wind of it and told him to self report before someone else reported it. Standard damage control tactic. 

The penalty to this is ridiculously lenient. Given that he bet on himself and his own team, he should be rubbed out for two years. His Collingwood teammate Josh Thomas should be totally bewildered.

1 hour ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Hardly unpredictable.

This guys ball drop during his goal kicking routine is a joke.  He was spinning it round everywhere, jiggling it about and it was didn't suprise or disapoint me at all, when he shaked it all over the place from some pretty simple set shots.  Didn't stop BT and the comentary team from praising him up all over the place as some kind of champion, dispite this obvious flaw in his goal kicking.  Shiiit me to tears with all their Collingwood love crap.

Had this guy been any sort of decient kick the game would have been all over by quarter time for the MFC ... not that it made much difference in the end.

Maybe he thought it was a roulette wheel?

1 hour ago, rjay said:

Very lucky boy to be available for finals...

Gambling is a big issue, the AFL need to come down really hard otherwise the integrity of the completion is done for.

Otherwise??  Long gone, horse bolted.

And the AFL's dependency on gambling advertising is just the tip of the iceberg.

Pot .... kettle .... black!

Being available for finals is outrageous.  When I first read the headline I though it was the whole season, which is swift and appropriate action.  Being available to play finals for a top 4 team is completely unjust and sends the wrong message.

4 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Never thought I'd say it but the AFL have set the penalty too high this time.

Cannot hep but think that it is an inverse reaction to their reliance on the gambling dollar.

Match fixing in cricket and tennis which is a million shades worse only gets you one to two years.

Cricket is a year round sport at the top level , so that means that 2 years is about 100 weeks. Betting on himself in the AFL Stephenson only gets 10 weeks, I say that is light on. 

6 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Cricket is a year round sport at the top level , so that means that 2 years is about 100 weeks. Betting on himself in the AFL Stephenson only gets 10 weeks, I say that is light on. 

match fixing is a long way off having a bet on your team

Just now, Diamond_Jim said:

match fixing is a long way off having a bet on your team

It's a short way off

Just now, Mazer Rackham said:

It's a short way off

spot betting .. for instance that the next ball is a wide and you as the player determine the result is so so different but I will leave others to judge.

This is the AFL playing tough on one hand while supping at the ever growing sports betting trough