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Are the AFL serious...this then must change football forever. No longer can there be any niggle or tagging in the AFL. With this decision those days are gone.
It would change football forever if they applied this to all players, however they dont. It depends who you are. Their rules are ridiculous, and they need someone to challenge them. Legally this should set a precedent, but the AFL dont answer to anyone so make it up as they go along.
I for one am not surprised! The tribunal must have salivated at the prospect of using Baker as an AFL scapegoat in light of the recent spate of mistakes made by the MRC! P1SS-POOR from them! Just typical!! The Saints need to appeal! There has just been too many getting off their charges lately for us NOT TO HAVE A SHOT at getting Bakes off!
When they created LENNY HAYES (in the shadow of Harvs) they forgot to break the mold (again)- hence the Supremely Incredible Jack Steven!!
JacksonsGirl wrote:Pretty sure we are going to contest all 4.
I'm trusting your source/s....
BUT can I trust the AFL tribunal
Well one of the charges is the striking of the hand - the same as Jack Reiwoldt did a few weeks back.
Was he charged/suspended?
No, so that would seem to be a relatively simple one to get thrown out to start with.
Given the number of cases that have been deemed to be 'insufficient force to constitute a strike', including Judd's elbow on Pavlich last week, I would think from the vision I've seen the other 3 charges would all fall within that definition.
We'll probably go to the Tribunal first and they'll probably state that you cannot use other examples as a defense, which means we may end up having to take it to the 'Appeals Board' to get any satisfaction.
OK, so it's 4 striking charges, totalling 7 weeks...not 9, or 14. Would like to know what all these 'level 3' striking charges are for...obviously, watching TV like many of us, I only saw what I believe was the second incident between the two, and if it was a 'level 3 strike I'd be flabbergasted...Barry Hall's strike on Staker must have been a 'level 12' in comparison.
Can't see why the club wouldn't challenge all of them to be honest.
"At the end of the day, a coach and a fitness adviser doesn't make a good football team, they're not the only ones who got us to two Grand Finals." Lenny Hayes. 27/9/2011.
mullet wrote:How come Geelong charges are assessed as low impact, but all bakes are high impact. SJ opened up bakers eye, we have all seen the pictures
mullet wrote:How come Geelong charges are assessed as low impact, but all bakes are high impact. SJ opened up bakers eye, we have all seen the pictures
All 4 were assessed as low impact.
They were too...my eyes were merging low impact and high contact.
mullet wrote:How come Geelong charges are assessed as low impact, but all bakes are high impact. SJ opened up bakers eye, we have all seen the pictures
All 4 were assessed as low impact.
They were too...my eyes were merging low impact and high contact.
Yeah sorry, I guess I cant see straight from rage.
I cant agree that SJ's impact wasnt worse than low though