04-03-2023, 11:41 AM
(04-03-2023, 10:17 AM)northernblue link Wrote:He was nursing a crook shoulder all game and the AFL think he went in looking to throw his shoulder around ?
Good grief…
I get that the AFL has a duty of care to minimise the chances of concussions but suspending players willy-nilly isn’t the answer. Acres collided with Daniels in a contest for the footy, a bit like the Cripps incident and the Plowman incident before that. All are very different to Logue’s shirtfront or Picket launching himself at Bailey Smith’s head.
The AFL/MRO/Tribunal is more concerned with being seen to prevent concussions than it is with distinguishing between deliberate and intentional high contact. I’d prefer to see every head-high contact reviewed by an expert panel charged with determining whether the contact was part of the game/accidental/unavoidable, careless, or intentional. The MRO is not qualified to determine that, and neither is the Tribunal.
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