05-03-2022, 11:18 PM
(05-03-2022, 01:37 PM)Lods link Wrote:The AFL's legal counsel Andrew Woods argued Young could have avoided a collision with Zurhaar altogether.
"What I submit is Young slows his body in a manner that makes forceful contact and one of the things he could have done to avoid contact is he could have veered to his left and accelerated out of the contest," Woods said.
Sounds reasonable to me ;D
Absolutely amazing comment. Ripping at the very fabric of the game and simply wrong on all levels but watch the media let it slide through to the keeper.
So in other words on one hand they expect a player to avoid a contest to avoid heavy contact and if choose to legally bump and it’s a hard bump to the body we will still suspend you even though it’s within the rules.
On the flip side they hand out the same term suspension to a bloke who did a very dangerous non football illegal act when the ball wasn’t even in play at the time. That act had the potential to break the kids neck or cause a severe injury.
This is the problem with administration of the competition. There is not one ounce of consistency.