7 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

If it's not a bump there's no case to answer.

If the ball can bounce unpredictably then how is May to predict if he will get to it first or not?

The AFL is a clown show, I'm really growing to hate this sport/competition. Amateur hour all round. Can't wait for the NFL to start again, so much better than the AFL these days.

Yep, losing passion for this sport. Never thought it would happen, but the game is almost ruined.

I know not many like the NRL, but since Covid that sport is next level entertainment on the TV.

3 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

What would happen if May got to the ball first and the exact same collision happened?

No case to answer clearly.

Edited July 23, 2025Jul 23 by 0livers Army

5 minutes ago, SadDee said:

"The AFL argued that Steven May should have known Evans would get to the ball first."

“May should have known even if he did t know that Evan’s would get to the ball first”

AFL tribunal is clutching at straws

They are, but i have a feeling that the AFL would buck all trends and make a call on this one.

3 minutes ago, 0livers Army said:

No case to answer clearly.

Exactly, so considering it was a split second between May getting to the ball first or second and considering the predictability of the bounce if the ball how could they possibly argue that May is culpable for the injury to Evans? It's a farce.

3 minutes ago, 0livers Army said:

No case to answer clearly.

Doubt that very much as May would have taken possession but still cleaned up Evans on the way through so would have been charged I suspect. Now if May was 12 cm shorter the collision’s impact would have been different and Evans would be on trial.

Ban upheld. 3 weeks.

What a [censored] joke. We must appeal.

Upheld, 3 weeks

Upheld

Joke, but cant say I didnt expect it.

They leave a lot to be desired!

So bloody corrupt it’s hard to keep following the AFL !

Edited July 23, 2025Jul 23 by jules7

1 minute ago, praha said:

Ban upheld. 3 weeks.

I knew it. Its an absolute joke.

Adrian Anderson needs to be sacked.

Alex Pearce must be laughing his head off.

Edited July 23, 2025Jul 23 by GS_1905

Get absolutely stuffed.

Appeal appeal appeal

Sick to death of our players being made an example of, while thugs from other clubs get off. Enough.

My love of the game is truly beginning to fade at this point

Here is an interesting fact.

The tribunal has run 3 hours, to decide if a bloke did the wrong thing in a split second.

The player has a split second to do something and yet it takes 3 hours of evidence watching the incident from a hundred angles, multiple times and at multiple speeds and then hours of deliberation to decide that he should or shouldn’t have done what he did in a split second.

This is a f’n joke.

They have turned the game into a joke.

I know it’s not the point but he’ll only be genuinely missed for the Dogs game.

He can’t play St Kilda irrespective of the suspension and lord help Goodwin if we can’t beat West Coast without May.

That gets 3 weeks and Maynard got off. [censored]. And don't @ me about the [censored] supposed rule change at the end of that year. [censored]'s sake.

MELBOURNE defender Steven May has been banned for three matches for his high hit on Carlton forward Francis Evans

AFL has officially turned to [censored].

AFL is dead to me

I'll remember where I was the night footy died.

Although arguably that happened when Maynard walked.

What a sad day for footy and for all us footy fans, they are truly corrupt. Just hopeless.

Okay, well if you're going to ban someone for that enough is enough you need to also ban the knee in the back of the head or spleen or lungs as a result of a speccy...go all in or not at all AFL you bunch of [censored] suckers!

AFL Touch Football anyone??

[censored] GO [censored] YOURSELVES YOU [censored] JOKE OF AN ORGANIZATION JUST GOGET****ED JESUZ CHAARIST

No problem.

The experts in the media got it wrong.

The ex players got it wrong.

The current players got it wrong.

The Coaches got it wrong.

No one knows what the f is going on in the game.

And it was conceded by the AFL that he didn’t bump.