rjay

Whatever is old is new again. In the old VFL days what Pickett did was called striking & he could have expected 2 to 4 weeks.

It's a long season "SWYL'...don't get too hung up on one game.

I think Willie Rioli's case took 18 months to get to a resolution. Then his 2 year penalty was backdated to reflect his time in limbo. Looks like we might be a player down for a while yet.

The rugby codes will end up as pro touch football I reckon, I just can't see them lasting too much longer. A good question re soccer...my soccer mad mate tells me the header has been on dangerous ground for a while now. The ball is a lot lighter and waterproof now so there is not the damage that was done to many past players...however he says they still get tiny concussions each time they head the ball...so maybe that part of the game will have to go. Remember these games have been around for only a very short time in the scheme of things, a couple of hundred years give or take. Everything evolves...

Boxing is in big trouble... NRL along with AFL will end up non contact, it's just a matter of time. 10, 20, 100 years.. Will all go the way of the Coliseum & the Gladiators. It really doesn't matter, we've had a good run with it, enjoyed the game & may or may not be around for the final demise.

I think there is going to be no choice and contact sports worldwide are in trouble here. It will end up a no contact sport. I can't see any other option.

Maybe make an adjustment to the front on contact rule that already exists...

I think you've got to do something but I'm not sure how you enforce it.

Elliot Yeo is back in form...

My problem is with players running recklessly back with the flight of the ball. It used to be a mark of courage but honestly it's just plain stupid. I can remember doing it twice when I was playing. One I got away with, a spectator who used to be a VFL captain was on the boundary side it happened and said basically what were you thinking. The 2nd time I wasn't as lucky and got a chest full of busted ribs. Yes, what Greene did was illegal in football terms but if he had of followed through with the marking attempt we might had had a terrible situation. Players need to be protected from themselves.

Absolutely it's true...In a marking contest like that he's in his rights to raise his knee. That wouldn't be good.

So what Greene should have done is go for the mark... In effect he would have nearly killed his opponent if he had of gone for the mark. I think it's becoming incumbent on players not to run back into a marking contest front on, it's sheer stupidity. This is where it's different to the Wright incident, in that case the player was coming back to the ball.

What did we ever do to him?

I posted in last years trade period that we should look at Yeo given WC were in rebuild mode. Was back to his best last night & would have been more than handy for us...particularly with Gus retiring.

He's absolutely killing Freo... ...and then Yeo takes multiple tacklers on & treats them like they were under 10's.