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Mazer Rackham

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  1. "Hell hath no fury like a Match Review Officer scorned" - old jungle saying.
  2. Somewhere right now Michael Christian is settled back in a Chesterfield armchair, puffing on a Havana cigar, swirling a generous slurp of brandy in a balloon glass, thinking "yes, indeed ... revenge IS best served cold ..."
  3. That was last week's interpretation of that rule.
  4. Wow, they photoshopped in some sunshine. I didn't know they could do that back then. Looks like a centre diamond so maybe around 1973?
  5. No tiddlywinks to determine the winner? Or ... more in line with the AFL's sponsorships ... one roll each on a pokie machine.
  6. 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.
  7. On the contrary, I find it highly entertaining. Especially as I have a Hawk-supporting mate who thinks Frosty is a waste of space and a terrible example for their young players.
  8. This is what happens when you allow the concept of "interpretation" to creep into your rules and take hold. A totally bogus concept. What other sport entertains the concept of "interpretation" of its rules?
  9. "On that day, the web-site's bulletin board, with over 700 people and/or bots participating, stayed on-line with no 'crashing' and only short delays coinciding with a sporting tribunal debate. Experts are undecided if the debate contributed to the delays."
  10. Why are all these lawyers hanging around a sporting tribunal?
  11. They'd like to think that, but they're probably just average.
  12. They're watching Twelve Angry Men for clues on how to decide
  13. "Jesus, it's cold." "Why's it always raining here?" "I'm cold, are you?" "Christ, it's cold." "It's so damp and wet. Does it ever stop raining?" "I'm freezing. Can't we go inside?"
  14. They had a Brownlow to protect. JvR can be thrown to the wolves with impunity.
  15. It means prepare yourself for the biggest, most outrageous, mind bending illogic and bamboozlement ever perpetrated by he tribunal.
  16. Get your money on any dogs named Bull-[censored], Joke, Farce and Travesty.
  17. What, specifically, is the moon? As a point of law, I mean.
  18. No sort of precedent. The AFL doesn't do precedent. Within two weeks, someone will do exactly what JvR did and won't be cited. Back in the day you weren't allowed to criticise Josef Stalin either. In more modern times, it's Putin. Green shouldn't stray too near any windows.
  19. One of the ground is that there has been an error of law which is your first clue that the entire tribunal process went off the rails some time ago. IT's not a court. No-one's going to the electric chair. It's a sporting tribunal.
  20. It should not have mattered in the original gearing, but the tribunal members are escapees from Alice in Wonderland.
  21. We should blindside the tribunal and make the case that JvR is an UNreasonable player who won't help pack up the footies at training, and never offers to buy anyone a coffee.
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