Buddy is a big fellow charging out on a lead then meets a player charging directly towards him.
A bit lower and would that have been legal?
A bit slower to react and there might have been serious head contact.
Could he have tried to do something different and if so what would be the result?
Nobody was stupid enough to stand in front of Plugger's lead.
On a more general note, there is a trend to lower scoring and it's no wonder if you are not going to protect players whose intent is to mark the ball.
give it to the game
Buddy did get two weeks, down to one because of early acceptance.
If you think he was lucky not to get three down to two with early acceptance, then you are saying you think it could have been graded as careless with high impact and high contact -but the impact clearly was NOT high as Edwards was able to resume playing after the concussion test.
Or you think it was intentional - that Buddy intentionally hit Edwards in the head (high contact) with medium impact. Now if you think that Buddy intentionally hit a player in the head in front of the umpire we really have a problem. That is an act of sabotage for the club.
I think the MRP got it right.
And while I understand Buddy had to make a split second decision while running at full pace of what to do when he saw an opposing player on a collision course, I really wish he would abandon the bump. Despite his effort to get down low and tuck his arm in, he is simply too big a man to bump without risk of hitting high.
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They both deserve to be out for more.
We're protected... obviously.
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Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.
Yeh the AFL has really protected us in regards to the academies and the trade ban etc.
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That is the most ridiculous and biased article I've read on suspensions. When you view Buddy's bump at normal speed, he had only a couple of milliseconds to 'decide' what to do in that situation. He was suspended because he's too big and too fast. It's hard to tell, but it looked more like he got Edwards in the chest and his arm ran up to his head. Okay. That's the rule. You bump and hit someone in the head you get suspended. But let's not go overboard, making it sound like a thuggish act, which was clearly the case in the Lewis and Hodge incidents. Most similar incidents to the Tippett one got off with a fine. The anti-Sydney sentiment grows day by day.
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