Common sense prevails! Absolutely no immediate reaction from any Suns player. Players respond straight away when something dirty has occurred. They knew, like most of us, Jacob was just trying to spoil the mark. Look at Jacobs reaction too attempting to give a hand to help Ballard up and showing he was sorry to have caused an injury. Well done young man! I was also very impressed with Kozzy's genuine concern for the injured player as he stayed at the scene for quite a while.Great to have him on board at the MFC. 

 

 

 

 

14 hours ago, bobby1554 said:

Clearly Michael Christian needs to study the laws of the game

On this effort and many of his past efforts, I honestly think he should step down. To actually sanction a player for which that player has protection under 18.5 clearly shows he has no understanding of the rules and to totally ignore the hit on Bowey from Chol is a derilection of duty and proves he is no longer a suitable person to hold such a position.

18 minutes ago, Bobby McKenzie said:

Common sense prevails! Absolutely no immediate reaction from any Suns player. Players respond straight away when something dirty has occurred. They knew, like most of us, Jacob was just trying to spoil the mark. Look at Jacobs reaction too attempting to give a hand to help Ballard up and showing he was sorry to have caused an injury. Well done young man! I was also very impressed with Kozzy's genuine concern for the injured player as he stayed at the scene for quite a while.Great to have him on board at the MFC. 

 

 

 

 

Glad you mentioned that: I noticed it as well and felt proud of both of them.

11 minutes ago, DeeSince73 said:

On this effort and many of his past efforts, I honestly think he should step down. To actually sanction a player for which that player has protection under 18.5 clearly shows he has no understanding of the rules and to totally ignore the hit on Bowey from Chol is a derilection of duty and proves he is no longer a suitable person to hold such a position.

Reacted to the tv commentary 

15 minutes ago, loges said:

Reacted to the tv commentary 

The match reviews should really be conducted by the MRO viewing ALL of each match's footage, without ANY commentary audio.  

3 hours ago, Redleg said:

Where is it?

 

5 hours ago, deanox said:

I'd like to see them clarify something like this:

"Swinging arms and fists that connect directly with the head or face in an attempt to spoil is not incidental contact. Straight arm spoils where there is no contact between the first and head, will be considered incidental contact, where the sole objective is spoiling or contesting the mark."

Overhead marking contests means high contact will occur. As it does in netball. But swinging fist style spoils probably void the duty of care to the other player, where that swinging fist is aimed at the head and not the ball.

Oath

13 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Saw that on fox footy, ha ha love the Trac!

30 minutes ago, gs77 said:

The match reviews should really be conducted by the MRO viewing ALL of each match's footage, without ANY commentary audio.  

Was going to ask why the emergency umpire does not watch the game with this in mind. But I see they dropped having an emergency umpire when they went to four field umps. 

I’m currently at an MFC function. It’s amazing what you hear when it’s just you who’s listening: I asked Pres. Kate her thoughts on the Rooey thing. Not gonna repeat what she said but if anyone really wants to know, just go back through this thread and randomly pick any of @Jaded No More’s posts and you’ve got it. 🤣🤣🤣 

Perhaps the AFL got a NO WIN, NO FEE deal, just so they don't feel like complete losers. 🤔

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

 

Ah beat me to it. Doing it anyway 

Edited May 12, 20231 yr by layzie

21 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I’m currently at an MFC function. It’s amazing what you hear when it’s just you who’s listening: I asked Pres. Kate her thoughts on the Rooey thing. Not gonna repeat what she said but if anyone really wants to know, just go back through this thread and randomly pick any of @Jaded No More’s posts and you’ve got it. 🤣🤣🤣 

Great minds think alike... 

6 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Great minds think alike... 

Or is WCW implying you're Kate?! 🧐😂

Honestly, this is going to seem ridiculous but probably not  any more than the original penalty applied to Van Rooyen.

If the penalty stood for this incident, then, in an instant, 75 % of all actions on a football field become a potential source of a suspension for every single player in the comp.

And the next logical step would be to allow only one player to go for a mark to remove the possibility of any injury to any player. Perhaps the single player allowed to go for the mark should be the one who first calls out " IT'S MINE !!! "

Any other player attempting to compete for it concedes a free kick and a 50 metre penalty.

This might not be so far from a probable outcome as people might think

With the AFL as it's currently run, anything is possible

18 hours ago, ANG13 said:

Happy to throw a few fishing tips in. 

Green Point off you know where

Kingies out the wazoo

MRO process needs to be a committee

Or else Michael Christian needs a new job , or some performance management 

 

 

1 minute ago, Superunknown said:

MRO process needs to be a committee

Or else Michael Christian needs a new job , or some performance management 

 

 

and afl not to meddle with mro (/tribunal)  in-season.

not fair on players to play roulette without a rule change

9 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

MRO process needs to be a committee

Or else Michael Christian needs a new job , or some performance management 

It used to be a committee of 3, and they were supposed to watch all matches, on replay if nec, and make their own decisions. Not sure why they changed it; might have been it took too long for the 3 to get together and exchange notes.

Now it seems suspiciously as if Christian waits for the TV broadcasters and panel shows to get all outraged, or all meh, and lay his charges based on that.

Not even mentioned on the AFL site. Clearly the biggest news of the day and nada, talk about useless

1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

Great minds think alike... 

Kate?

5 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Not even mentioned on the AFL site. Clearly the biggest news of the day and nada, talk about useless

Meh, front page of every newspaper will do me. 

1 hour ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

Or is WCW implying you're Kate?! 🧐😂

 

9 minutes ago, AzzKikA said:

Kate?

I sincerely hope our president spends less time on Demonland during work hours than I do... 

11 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Not even mentioned on the AFL site. Clearly the biggest news of the day and nada, talk about useless

I just came off AFL website, I was looking for their statement regarding JVR and you are right, Rif, Zero, Zilch nothing to see here folks, a bit churlish I think. Biggest story of the week has disappeared leaving no trace.!!!

2 hours ago, DeeZone said:

I just came off AFL website, I was looking for their statement regarding JVR and you are right, Rif, Zero, Zilch nothing to see here folks, a bit churlish I think. Biggest story of the week has disappeared leaving no trace.!!!

Pravda just took the aap feed - https://www.afl.com.au/news/922801/young-dee-learns-fate-after-suspension-appeal

No columnist would dare touch it, plus Barrett's sliding doors yarn is submitted on a Wednesday evening / Thursday morning so didn't comment on it specifically but the mro process in totality:

https://www.afl.com.au/news/922162/if-vossy-s-playing-success-came-under-lethal-then