Elijah Taylor banned for rest of season!

[troyjones2525]

Damn! I'm really worried about this kid! Just read he's been banned for the rest of the season for bringing his partner into the hub without authorisation! The club has been fined $50,000 with $25,000 suspended.

It was a stupid decision from a young aboriginal lad who is no doubt missing his family and friends and has probably had his struggles coping with it already this year before this incident.

I hope the boys and the club get around him and support him as he'll no doubt be feeling pretty low after this!

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[neilfws]

Club statement:

Sydney Swans Statement

Unfortunate to say the least.

[monopoly19]

Geez some of the social media comments are harsh. It was silly but I can understand why it happened - it’s his first year and he’s been totally isolated from friends & family the whole time. It’s a huge price to pay for him and I hope the club supports him.

[MattW]

Geez some of the social media comments are harsh. It was silly but I can understand why it happened - it’s his first year and he’s been totally isolated from friends & family the whole time. It’s a huge price to pay for him and I hope the club supports him.

Very well said.

[Kumarangk]

Did a silly & ultimately dangerous thing and deserves the penalty but i'm sure the club will handle it with class. Long term does show how difficult it is for a club in NSW to hold on to their players with the "go back " pressure on their initial
draft picks

[Markwebbos]

That’s a worse sanction than Sidebottom got. Seems at the high end of the scale

[Meg]

Geez some of the social media comments are harsh. It was silly but I can understand why it happened - it’s his first year and he’s been totally isolated from friends & family the whole time. It’s a huge price to pay for him and I hope the club supports him.

Agree It’s disappointing but he’s a kid and I can understand why it happened.

Unlike Buckley who is definitely not a kid - and who didn’t get suspended.

I’m sure the club will support him, however infuriated they might be.

[Aaron]

" while Taylor has been suspended from playing for the rest of the season. The $25,000 will be included in Sydney’s 2021 soft cap. " From next year soft cap! - another "special" treatment for the Swans?

[Mel_C]

Agree It’s disappointing but he’s a kid and I can understand why it happened.

Unlike Buckley who is definitely not a kid - and who didn’t get suspended.

I’m sure the club will support him, however infuriated they might be.

That’s a worse sanction than Sidebottom got. Seems at the high end of the scale

So 0 weeks for Buckley, 4 weeks for Sidebottom and 6 weeks for Elijah...Yeah that seems fair 😏.

" while Taylor has been suspended from playing for the rest of the season. The $25,000 will be included in Sydney’s 2021 soft cap. " From next year soft cap! - another "special" treatment for the Swans?

So does that mean we have $25,000 less to spend on the coaching department? I don't recall the other teams involved having this treatment. Collingwood should have $100,000 as there were 2 players and 2 coaches who breached the rules.

[MattW]

Oh man:

"It‘s understood Taylor and his girlfriend hatched a plan to sneak her in late at night and didn’t consider how difficult it would be to get her out."

AFL 2020: Elijah Taylor suspended, partner, Sydney Swan banned for breaching AFL COVID-19 protocols | FOX SPORTS

[stevoswan]

Classy statement from Harley and the Swans....as usual....but I hope they aren't just bending over a little and accepting harsher penalties with this 'soft cap' business. That doesn't sound right to me.....

[Meg]

Oh man:

"It‘s understood Taylor and his girlfriend hatched a plan to sneak her in late at night and didn’t consider how difficult it would be to get her out."

AFL 2020: Elijah Taylor suspended, partner, Sydney Swan banned for breaching AFL COVID-19 protocols | FOX SPORTS

something other than their brains was engaged, hope they at least had a good night.