05-14-2018, 08:39 PM
(05-14-2018, 12:30 PM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:I think if the aggressor gets too carried away then the victim gets some leeway cut to sort matters out....I remember Steve Johnson sorted out Steven Baker with a Elbow to the face after Baker had whacked him all day including his injured hand. Baker ended up with a fracture eye socket from memory and was none to well......think Baker got plenty of weeks and Johnson a few but clearly the victim got the sympathy vote at the tribunal. I think its also up to the victims team mates to help him out and take care of dirty aggressors...
Ryan Crowley was a victim of his own fame in this area, once the prince of tagging/annoying/manhandling all the star onballers he had a quick rise to fame but the footy fraternity led by players like Ablett, Boomer Harvey cried foul and Crowley ended up with no love from the umps at all and at times was treated unfairly. He was being hit by opposing teams on and off the ball and ended up felled behind play on a few occasions...Ross Lyon pleaded his case but to no avail and Crowleys career was over....
Ben Jacobs, Jed Lamb will all go the same way either taken out by opposing teams or taken out by the AFL who want a clean game...I'd expect Lamb to receive some treatment this week and I dont expect the umpires to help him out much unless its blatant free to him.....
EB, if I've read your post correctly, what you're saying is that there is no need for a formal, legislated intervention on this matter because the "market forces" end up sorting it out ?
But if that's the case, and clearly the umps, AFL, players and some supporters think this sort of stuff is not on, then why not just knock it on the head to begin with ? If the powers that be thought it was acceptable, then the aggressors in such matters would not be left to fend for themselves on game day - no ?