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1 hour ago, BoBo said:

Genuine question, is the AFL (by threat of litigation) in 10 years time going to look more like a semi-contact Gaelic football? Is that where this is going?

I think it’s well and truly heading that way, and we will see it sooner than 10 years. We really are the biggest knee-jerk, spineless and feeble society in the western world. 

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    3 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    James Sicily’s three-match ban has been upheld. :blink:

    Obviously the oven blew up.

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    3 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    Of all the contentious decisions of late, this maybe the silliest yet!!!

    It's probably not, it's the Tribunal one last week.

    This one was run on legal technicalities, not the legality of the incident.

    What the Appeals Board said is that the Tribunal didn't get it wrong, on the Hawthorn legal arguments raised.

    The Tribunal did get it wrong, when looking at it as an incident and finding it deserved 3 weeks.

    If the Tribunal had given him a week, which was the worst he deserved, it would have ended there. 

     

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    2 hours ago, DubDee said:

    nothing in that tackle.

    Other than he could have broken the kid's neck.

    It was a very dangerous incident and he deserved a few weeks.

    Carlton as usual get away with murder.

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    3 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    I don't think there is another body within the AFL system. 

    Maybe a DL lawyer knows if the Courts are an option.

    But I doubt the Hawks would take that option.

    Yes, yes and yes.

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    On 6/16/2023 at 1:49 PM, DubDee said:

    Mansell was upheld

     

    You mean denied.

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    11 hours ago, BoBo said:

    Genuine question, is the AFL (by threat of litigation) in 10 years time going to look more like a semi-contact Gaelic football? Is that where this is going?

    Who knows where it's all going. Maybe in 50 years science and technology will have advanced to a point where you can wirelessly insert a layer of extra protection to sit between the brain and the skull and increasingly prevent concussion, you never know with the rate things move.

    But until that time the semi-contact route looks likely. 

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    The hypocrites, during the off season I think, said that gut punches were not to be tolerated - unless of course the assailant is named Dustin Martin in which case they will get a slap on the wrist with a wet lettuce.

    And I couldn't believe John Longmire saying that the case involving his player was an accident - he charged him and concussed him.  FMD.

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    Soon enough I'll look back on 2020 as the good old days of hard footy, similar to how I looked back to the 80's and 90's in 2020. How depressing is that. 

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    Heard Robbo going off his head on players (referrimg  to Dusty) throwing the elbow back should essentially be exiled. Well, Tom Hawkins circa 2021 says hello. 

     

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    Rampe can concuss an opponent way off the ball - an accident.  
    Bizarre. 
    Swans still hoping for a finals place. 

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    The Rampe justification of letting him off is so wild it’s actually unhinged 

    Absolute circus  

    chris rock dancing GIF

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    On 7/17/2023 at 10:59 PM, layzie said:

    I don't give a damn who they are, throw the book at them.

    Face Throwing GIF

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    1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

    The Rampe justification of letting him off is so wild it’s actually unhinged 

    Absolute circus  

    chris rock dancing GIF

    Not when taken in the right context which is that the Swans play the Dockers next up and allowing them an extra player is beneficial to the Freo death riding cause.

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    10 hours ago, monoccular said:

    Rampe can concuss an opponent way off the ball - an accident.  
    Bizarre. 
    Swans still hoping for a finals place. 

    Need them to win this week. Pick 4 is nearly there for us.

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    1 hour ago, Redleg said:

    Need them to win this week. Pick 4 is nearly there for us.

    Not a gambling person but I would bet Pick 4 is already ours!

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    10 hours ago, Chelly said:

    Not when taken in the right context which is that the Swans play the Dockers next up and allowing them an extra player is beneficial to the Freo death riding cause.

    Exactly Chelly and we dropped the ball by not mentioning this in the Deathriding thread. 

    Apologies if someone mentioned this in the Deathriding thread.

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    4 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    Not a gambling person but I would bet Pick 4 is already ours!

    Freo play Eagles and Hawks and if they beat them and Swans, pick 4 is probably gone.

    Lose to Swans and they need both wins to move up, but a win by sides above them in last 5 games will stop that.

    Hope you are right though Luci.

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    17 hours ago, Redleg said:

    Freo play Eagles and Hawks and if they beat them and Swans, pick 4 is probably gone.

    Lose to Swans and they need both wins to move up, but a win by sides above them in last 5 games will stop that.

    Hope you are right though Luci.

    Its a shame I don't bet...😉

     

    (except The Melbourne Cup)

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