sue
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I haven't looked closely at the Greene incident, but I disagree with the must 'watch the ball' line. That was conceived I think to penalise a player lining up another player never having any intention to get the ball, only to clobber the opponent. But it is possible to initially go for the ball, realise that you won't get there, check where the oppo is and then take some measure to protect yourself and the oppponent. It's that last bit that need to be focussed on. -
The AFL will weigh up the pros and cons of these 5 day breaks (3 games in 11 days!!). The AFL will balance the public's loss of interest in one-sided matches and the commercial loss that that causes against whatever commerical advantage the short breaks bring (Thurs night/Gather/whatever). And then make a decision whether to continue it. What they won't do is consider making a fair competition.
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Could he do this to prove to the world that he is not biased in favour of his old club and is therefore the perfect commentator. No, can't be that stupid.
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Looks like it is self-perpetuating. If they let you off in the past, then that is an argument for letting you off in future. It's blindingly obvious that the MRO is corrupt. But what can you expect when we have an entertainment corporate business rather than a sporting body.
There's no hope with the AFL and intent. For years we had deliberate out of bounds (ie intent) which although difficult to know a players real intent, was usually interpreted by the umpires reasonably, taking into account pressue and the possibility of skills errors. But now we have insufficient intent frees given when a player under pressure in a pack kicks it off the side of their boot and it goes out 50m away after bouncing at right angles.
Reviewfest yet again
Sorry corrected typo. Wce Now up by 14
Doesn’t seem so -wce leads by 10 points
It seems you are more likely to get off if you knock them dead than if you brush against an opponent's head.
Typical of the AFL. The goal umpires 'frustrated' by being mocked for the tsunami of reviews, had to lean on the AFL to admit it was an AFL policy. Why couldn't they announce that upfront. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/goal-umpires-following-afl-directive-in-requesting-more-score-reviews-20240409-p5fihb.html
A number of people have said this is the AFL's policy. But seriously, how can they come up with such a patent absurdity. If you want to make a rule that in circumstances A, B or C, an impact with the head is punishable with X, do so and I'd support it. But don't torture the English language by calling clearly a low impact, medium.
OK, as one having said in a recent post that he never intended to smother, I retract that. That may be his original intention but once he'd gone past the ball he lined Gus up. He did not brace for the collision to protect himself as there were other ways to do that - he has arms for example. He decided to clobber Gus instead. And it's not just one-eyed Demons supporters who saw it that way. A lot of supporters from each team that has played C'wood this year have booed him.
First, MFC said nothing at the time as far as I can recall, so we're not in danger of appearing hypocritic in front of that bastion of integrity the MRO. Second, I don't think we need make the same arguments about 'football act' etc that C'wood did. Obviously we can compare to Fogarty and say impact was much lower. Our only difficulty will be the contorted definition of impact the AFL has conjured up. But worth a go in my view. They only made clowns of themselves in the eyes of MFC supporters. No one in the media gave a stuff which is what counts (even though some supporters of other teams did as evidenced by the booing Maynard gets).
Regardless of one's view on what penalty Kozie should get (and I haven't seen anyone say he should get off scot free), I cannot let that pass. Maynard's action was quite different. He lined Gus up pretending to smother, had plenty of time to not clobber him. Even if you take the most negative view of what Kossie did, it was nowhere near as bad as Maynard.
ah, the MRO, it never stops giving.
Probably not. But I was just watching the GWS/Sun game and they had a video review after the umpire didn't pay a ball touched but several oppo players made a fuss.. Why not do that in every such case and maybe introduce penalties if it is clear the player claiming to have touched it is lying? it was determined as touched
Unfortunately he learnt that stupid move from Max who does it at the wrong times too.
This may give the best hope for kozzie getting off
Too right. The system is tainted, no matter what you think of Kossie's action. If it was 100% certain that him getting a week would make him a better team player (including not getting banned in future), then sure, teach him a lesson ASAP. But I'd guess the % is more like 30-60%. But I'll be surprised if we appeal. Too long a history of rolling over dating from when we were a basket case in desperate need of AFL benificence.
