I am totally disgusted.
Gwilt has been tricked into pleading guilty to a charge of which he was innocent.
Gwilt had both feet planted and braced for the impact which was caused by Jordan Lewis' momentum and Lewis trying to run through with the ball and with his head down.
Gwilt has no duty to let Lewis run past.
In basketball the correct call would be a personal foul on Lewis for charging.
The short term thinking so prevalent in football encourages players to accept future demit points in return for a 25% discount and the guarantee to keep playing.
The future downside is ignored.
Should Gwilt commit a genuine offence in the next 4 weeks he will effectively have his penalty increased by an extra week due to 93.75 carry over points.
This could cause him to miss the grand final.
Umpire Rosebury may be excused for making the report so that it could be looked at, but as Tim Lane said when they replayed it "He stood pretty much stock still, he didn't...." and Robert Walls replied " I agree with you Tim, I agree with you Tim, I think OK to put in the report but I don't think much will come of it.
But this allowed the Match Review Panel of dubious integrity, and maybe more concerned with the AFL image than with honesty, to maintain the charge.
The charge should have been thrown out.
It should definitely have been taken to the tribunal.
Should Gwilt miss this or a future grand final due to a future offence and an extra weeks suspension, this false charge would be raised.
It would then be brushed off by an escapee from a toilet bowl arrogantly saying "but Gwilt pleaded guilty, it is not the AFL's fault".
Gwilt free for Bombers after early plea
11:34 AM Tue 11 August, 2009ST KILDA’S James Gwilt is free to play against Essendon this week after accepting a reprimand for making forceful contact with Hawthorn’s Jordan Lewis on Saturday.
Gwilt was reported for bumping Lewis from front-on in the third quarter of St Kilda's 25-point win in Launceston, but was offered a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record.
He accepted the sanction, meaning he will not miss any matches and will be available for the Docklands' clash against the Bombers on Sunday.
Gwilt's was only case to warrant further action after Hawk Campbell Brown, Carlton’s Aaron Joseph and Port Adelaide’s Robbie Gray were all cleared by the match review panel after assessing incidents from the weekend's matches.
As a result, no tribunal sitting will be required on Tuesday night.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/ ... fault.aspx
The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
When I was a young child, I knew that I knew so much about so much.
Now that I am old and know so much more, I know that I know so much about so little, and so little about so much.
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what sort of evidence did they receive? Did we have a chance at offering 'evidence' to the MRP? Perhaps that's what we need to do! none of this listening to good reason/cause oh and that thing called common sense.
