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2 minutes ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

Just said the same to a mate. They are trying to apply civil law principles to a contact sport. There is a voluntary assumption of risk that comes with plying this game. The duty of care argument is a bunch of bulldust. You could argue that the duty of care is breached in every tackle. The aim of the act is to physically challenge an opponent. It’s just outrageous 

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Duty of care. Where was it when a player kicked the ball off the ground breaking another player’s finger?  

Miss spoiling the ball by 0.8 of a second and they are suggesting you were going for the man. 

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12 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Semantics! No injury, incidental contact in play. What semantics? Charge should be withdrawn. 

I think it’s the correct spelling and pronunciation of his name. 

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3 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Duty of care. Where was it when a player kicked the ball off the ground breaking another player’s finger?  

Miss spoiling the ball by 0.8 of a second and they are suggesting you were going for the man. 

Yep, there's a lot of kick in danger that is never paid. 

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so the spoil is legal unless you allegedly take your eyes off the ball for 0.8 of a second

As Mr Bumble said.. the law is an [censored]

(how does a reference to a donkey that is one of the most famous Dickensian quotations ended up censored.)

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1 minute ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Yep, there's a lot of kick in danger that is never paid. 

Clarrie’s hand courtesy of Selwood

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Where was duty of care when Hawkins threw and elbow back into Mays eye socket, With such force it broken his eye socket bone. Seriously? They have no idea how to apply civil law principles to a sport. It’s just plain dumb, if I tackle someone, is it reasonably foreseeable that they might get injured? Absolutely? Do I breach a duty of care? No, because the act is permitted in the sport. Is the spoil permitted - yes! There is no question that was his intent. So is it within rules, yes! It’s the biggest jog on case of all time! And that’s not hyperbole. It wasn’t even careless. It was a play on the ball. 

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6 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

so the spoil is legal unless you allegedly take your eyes off the ball for 0.8 of a second

As Mr Bumble said.. the law is an [censored]

(how does a reference to a donkey that is one of the most famous Dickensian quotations ended up censored.)

Because Jim, the septic tanks ( in their inimitable way) use the name of a braying animal to describe the derriere .

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19 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Awww you know you’ll always be my fave person in the world (checks username of this particular poster), QD 

You have said it again.

Twice in one thread you have dumped me.

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HURRY UP!  I have a “starving” son who’s threatening to call CPS on me. 

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1 minute ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

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HURRY UP!  I have a “starving” son who’s threatening to call CPS on me. 

Its Been A Long Time Waiting GIF

Kids whenever they have to wait for anything for longer than 1.3 seconds….right?!

 

 

Edit: my dog just reminded me it’s his dinner time. The dog doesn’t wait. He’s the king of the house and my favourite child. 

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21 minutes ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

Just said the same to a mate. They are trying to apply civil law principles to a contact sport. There is a voluntary assumption of risk that comes with plying this game. The duty of care argument is a bunch of bulldust. You could argue that the duty of care is breached in every tackle. The aim of the act is to physically challenge an opponent. It’s just outrageous 

I think it is called volenti non fit injuria....it's been a while

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