Originally Posted by
dejavoodoo44
Not sure about doubling down, but I'm probably spending too much time on the issue. Especially as I was quite impressed by seeing acclaimed author, Johann Hari, on breakfast TV this morning, giving an impassioned plea about how we shouldn't be so distracted by our phones.
Anyway, having seen that photo, I went back to have a look at the footage. That still shot appears to quite late in the piece. When contact is first made, Paddy is at about a 45° angle to the ground, due to him lunging over another Collingwood player, while Ginnivan is about 60°. The initial contact appears to be forearm, for the hand that later rises up to his neck. Ginnivan then rapidly heads both towards the ground and towards Paddy. And one wonders what causes him to fall in that direction, as any contact should have seen him bounce in the other direction. He also raises his arm, which when combined with the lowering of his body, causes Paddy's arm to rise to where it was captured in that photo. So, I'm not entirely pleased by the choice of photo on the AFL site, as I suspect they could have just as easily chosen a shot, where Paddy was making contact with the forearm, or one that captured Ginnivan raising his arm. But that possibly doesn't fit in with general narrative of the article?
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