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Mackay Bump on Clark, Incidental or Not? 53 members have voted

  1. 1. Was the Mackay bump on Clark within the law and spirit of the game?

    • Eyes on the ball, Fair contest, and bad luck for Clark
      38
    • Nah, should have made another choice to tackle or teleport or something
      12

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  On 18/06/2021 at 04:18, bingers said:

When belted over the back of the head, so many of the commentators laugh and say "haha made him earn it". 

10 minutes earlier the same commentators were extolling the virtues of the league's concerns about concussions. 

Fine point you make @bingers. There's some pretty thoughtless commentary out there. AFL is a high velocity sport and collisions are inevitable. However, whacking someone in the back of the head just because they've beaten you in a one-on-one contest is not acceptable.

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    This change will probably occur eventually at the behest of the AFL but they need to remember that the game belongs to the fans and as such they should be consulted especially because it will change the fabric of the game.

    Does the player who broke Naughten's ribs get suspended because he went too hard in the marking contest , Where does it end?

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    Apparently eye gouging and opponent under a pack and shin stomping isn’t against the spirit of the game, (or maybe only a little bit against it.).  
    Apparently wouldn’t put mum off letting her kids play footy anyway. 

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    Good article in the Guardian today about the super grubs Sellwood and Greene.

    Their intention was to injure another player, why weren't they suspended?

    Comments section is an interesting read as well apart from the [censored] Geelong supporters and the one GWS supporter. (There is only one right?)

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jun/21/joel-selwood-and-toby-greenes-actions-antithetical-to-afl-principles#comments

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