The game's going soft.
The game's going soft.
"It's up to the rest of the players in the room to make a new batch of premiership players next year," Adam Goodes, triple Bob Skilton Medallist, October 7, 2011.
YOU BETCHA!!!!!!
as weak as skim milk on a vita brit !
"be tough, only when it gets tough"
Shouldnt Corey have got 2 as well ? It was the same tackle wasnt it?
It was a worse looking tackle for sure. He slung him around his hip and all but pile drived into the ground.Originally Posted by bennyfabulous
Only difference, player wasn't injured...they definitely grade these tackles based mainly on injury outcomes. Which is wrong IMO. Intent should carry more wait.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT
Pathetic. Massive worry for the game.
Becomming way too soft.
What if a player is able to fake the injury for a free kick?
What if hypothetically he is clever enough to figure out that he has been caught in one of these tackles and can get a guy rubbed out for 3 weeks to benefit his team in a coming final by faking?.
How would the AFL police this? People lie and people cheat.
Seems ridiculous to take the word of a player/doctor when it could be in their best interest to not tell the truth to gain advantage.
It has nothing to do with faking anything for the free kick.
The evidence presented to the Match Review Panel is from the doctor's report, completed and signed off by the club doctor after the game.
In this instance Ellard left the field, went through a concussion test and ultimately spent the night in hospital under observation.
If he had been faking a concussion then the doctors report filed after the game and given to the MRP would have said so and Mummy would not have had a case to answer in all likelyhood.
DST
"Looking forward to a rebuilt, new, fast and exciting Swans model in 2010"
Oh, and each medical report is logged and peer reviewed by an independent board of doctors appointed by the AFL as well.
Not too mention the fact that these doctors are working under the normal duty of care rules and are subject to the usual oversights by state government and professional medical boards, just like when you and I go and see a doctor.
All of the team doctors work in private practice and there is no way one of them is going to put their reputation and professional careers on the line to report a fake injury in a medical report or fail in their duty of care to a player in their care.
DST
"Looking forward to a rebuilt, new, fast and exciting Swans model in 2010"
The Joel Corey one was the worst of the three, in terms of the actual tackle. But the focus on these tackles won't change so Mummy has to learn.
Given it's all about impact, and nothing to do with intent (or whether it's accidental/incidental), it's surprising Podsiadly got off for his hit on Bartel. High contact, high impact, and probably negligent - that's 3-4 weeks.
Mumford has been suspended for basically being too strong.
The people that make the MRP video failed hard as well with the hardingham incident they have put in the wrong video, it clearly shows a hurley incident with firitto in a marking contest.
Was watching a replay looking for this tackle, and he did a sling tackle in the 3rd qtr 16:30, that looked much worse than the one he was suspended for, came down at a much sharper angle, but didn't knock the guy out.
Quite simply he has to get this out of his game and drive with his legs as opposed to slinging.
The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.
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