Steven Baker, St Kilda, has been charged with a level three striking offence against a crepe paper banner at the start of the round 13 match between St Kilda and the Geelong Cats, played at the MCG on Friday June 25, 2010.
In summary, his previous poor record means that his ten-game sanction must remain at ten games, even with an early plea.
The incident was assessed as intentional conduct (three points), low impact (one point) and high contact (two points). This is a total of six activation points, resulting in a classification of a level three offence, drawing 225 demerit points and a two-match sanction. He has an existing bad record of seven matches suspended within the last three years, increasing the penalty by 50 per cent to 337.50 demerit points and a three-match sanction. He also has an existing bad record of playing for St Kilda, increasing the penalty by 300 per cent to 1012.50 demerit points and a ten match sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 1 per cent to 1002.4 points.
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No need for that sort of thing in our game.
