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Just drove up the Western Highway, absolutely chocker-block...... everyone is leaving the city where you cant impact the contest !

 
1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

We are trying to bamboozle them with lawyer talk 😂

more like a kc upping his billable seconds 🤣

Can we play the race card?

This is clearly a play to get the Dutch.
No non- Dutch players got suspended this week. 
 

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Houghton referencing a case from 1909 was fitting, because 1909 is also the number of minutes this appeal looks like it will take.

1 hour ago, Gawndy the Great said:

CTE is horrible - agreed. But the risks are known and accepted by all. In most cases the head can tolerate and recover from concussion if left to heal.

If the AFL is serious about concussion then it needs to consider a minimum 1 month or even 2 month absence from footy following a concussion and that accumulated concussion incidents force players into early retirement.

That is an alternative way to deal with it rather than tinker with the game rules too much.

Now I’m not saying certain rules cannot be tightened up - all for penalising players for potential to cause injury for non football actions as opposed / in addition to actual outcome, but it still won’t prevent all concussions and hence to make the decisions for players who are more concussion prone or have more concussion incidents for them.

In due time we will have better techniques and tools to assess the accumulated trauma , which can be used to greater effect when making those decisions as well. 

 

If they were bloody well serious about concussion, how come Fogarty didn't get a month???


4 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Houghton referencing a case from 1909 was fitting, because 1909 is also the number of minutes this appeal looks like it will take.

might be going for the filibuster.

 

20 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

We should just go in there and tell them they’re wrong and stupid 

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This new lawyer is good. I’m thinking his arguments can’t really be disputed. 

 
2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Can we play the race card?

This is clearly a play to get the Dutch.
No non- Dutch players got suspended this week. 
 

completely agree

first Goldmember and now this!

must have read my post

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Melbourne also contesting there was a "denial of natural justice" from the Tribunal because it didn't give an opportunity to Melbourne to put forward submissions in relation to penalty once the Tribunal made its decision on the act.

 


Signed petition yesterday.

Signed the petition yesterday, easiest processing will literally take you 10 seconds.

Sign and recline that's the motto.

AFL (Woods) setting Joey up as the scapegoat fall guy with an OH&S overlay in that last statement

Can't help but think the Melbourne like the rest of the football world expected this to be thrown out on Tuesday night. They did not go as hard as they should have because of this. A very Melbourne thing to do.


The AFL rep Woods has got his act together tonight

I'm not getting the vibe

Andrew Woods (AFL): The AFL's position is that a player can have the sole objective to spoil, or mark, or tackle ... but can execute it carelessly. If they do execute it carelessly, they breach the duty of care they owe to the other player and thereby commit a reportable offence.

Andrew Woods (AFL): If the AFL's proposition isn't accepted, the result is that players essentially have a blank cheque. They've got no obligation to take reasonable care of their fellow players, so long as their sole objective is a lawful action.

 

how is it still going?

[censored] me. 

the incident happened 5 days ago FFS

The AFL’s position is just that, a position. 
We have rules and laws. You can’t just change your position on a written law to suit your current agenda!

We are either following the law or we aren’t. 
Also Ballard was unharmed so who says this spoil was careless? 

Showing the Brown vid is ok but wouldve liked to have seen Fogarty's more recent clobbering as well

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If the AFL makes it so that every action which has potential to cause injury is suspendible there’ll be no players eligible to play after this weekend.

Well right about nowHoughton should be showing the Cripps hit on Ah Chee

 

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