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4 minutes ago, Demonland said:

4 weeks. 

 

4 weeks. We all know there's not an iota of a chance of that sentence being handed down if it were Dusty, Ablett, etc.  And that's after a guilty plea??? Far out.

 

It's a celebrity based league.

Corrupt. I remembered seeing when Burgoyne getting off from the first one in particular thinking there is going to be some unlucky bugger out there that gets destroyed because he got nothing. 

Is Nibbler out of contract this year? In a shortened season this could kill his career. 

Should’ve been given 2/3 from the start, bet you the medical staff’s report crucified him. 

 

What an absolute crock.  His only other option was to let the guy go.  No AFL player is ever going to do that. They like to talk about the tackler having a "duty of care" to the person they are tackling.  What about the person being tackled and their "duty of care" to themselves?  If Hammill had just dropped to the ground and accepted the tackle then he wouldn't have been hurt at all.  It's no more absurd than telling us that the tackler has to let him go rather than forcing him down when he fights to escape the tackle. 

I really hope the club stands up here and challenges this verdict.  Precedent and consistency don't mean anything to the AFL, but they do to the courts. 

12 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Got the maximum.... four weeks

Hold on how many games are there in four weeks these days? 


As I can recall, only 2 players have got 4 weeks for sling tackles. Both had no priors and both were Melbourne players. Clearly from a lesser club in the AFL who won’t do anything about it and upset head office. 
I feel sorry for ANB as he is the sacrificial lamb. 
 

3 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

Hold on how many games are there in four weeks these days? 

In a reduced season it is more like 6 weeks.

 

Gary Lyon just now “ I wonder if it was a big name player”! ? And moved on 


As I posted before, the words “inconsistent” and “corrupt” are interchangeable when discussing the AFL.

That’s stupid. Massive over reaction. If he didn’t get concussed it would have been 1 week 

I’m going to be very interested to see the clubs response to this, even if they don’t challenge it they should definitely be making a very pointed statement pointing out inconsistencies and favouritism. And then release to the media through whispers that “internally Melbourne is absolutely filthy”. 

Nibbler has been hung, drawn, and quartered because they were soft on Burgoyne. 

12 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

So burgoyne got 0

ANB deserved 4 btw

but burgoyne got 0 on 2 occasions 

Over to you Gill

Why does that surprise u SWYL. 
 

One player is a protected species the other is a sacrificial lamb and of course a Melbourne player. Makes perfect sense. 
 

Any time the AFL want to set an example a Melbourne player steps up. 

13 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

So burgoyne got 0

ANB deserved 4 btw

but burgoyne got 0 on 2 occasions 

Over to you Gill

Burgoyne deserved it on the first tackle and got off on a loophole, and they closed that down. The second tackle wasn’t as bad as the first one IMO. Still should have tried making an example then given it’s his second offence.

agree that ANB deserved suspension, and it’s a bad look and the outcome was never going to assist him at the tribunal.


Just now, DemonOX said:

Why does that surprise u SWYL. 
 

One player is a protected species the other is a sacrificial lamb and of course a Melbourne player. Makes perfect sense. 
 

Any time the AFL want to set an example a Melbourne player steps up. 

It doesn’t suprise me

It Stinks and Gill should be questioned about it. But he won’t, because no AFL Journalist will say boo aftervwhat occurred with Mitch Cleary

Just make a statement at Adelaide Oval on Sunday, Dees. 

3 minutes ago, Pates said:

I’m going to be very interested to see the clubs response to this, even if they don’t challenge it they should definitely be making a very pointed statement pointing out inconsistencies and favouritism. And then release to the media through whispers that “internally Melbourne is absolutely filthy”. 

Nibbler has been hung, drawn, and quartered because they were soft on Burgoyne. 

I’m pretty sure they upgraded the rule after the Burgoyne tackles.

Not that it should come into consideration (and [censored] it, it was a hard tackle not him pulling out a knife), they have just killed his afl career. 
 

A joke, and not even a funny one 


I would really like to know how much weight the medical staff’s assessment in the decision to give him 4 weeks. As I said earlier, I’m pretty sure I heard on the commentary that he had at least one maybe even another concussion this year. Which would be a major reason for them taking the slow action they said in the report. 

Despite what they said earlier, they’re still punishing players based on the injury result and not the act. 

Michael Chistian is a total maggot. The AFL is fraudulent. Burgoyne with form and a star gets a fine. FCS.

I hate these [censored].

And I hope Christian's doctor refuses to renew his next Viagra prescription.

Edited by pitmaster

Seeing it was Melbourne, I expected Nibbler to be rubbed out for 18 months.

This is almost a win when you consider it was us.

 

I thought if you plead guilty you receive a lesser sentence? Silly me. It's the AFL.


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