Blues Brothers trip to the tribunal

[cookie2]

The AFL gets its pound of flesh!  >
Hocking maintains the tradition...........

[Thryleon]

What a load of rubbish.

I don't get why Steven May's wasn't looked at.

I think it's time the Judge got on radio and called out this blatant ridiculousness with so many geelong people commenting publically on an AFL outcome, and also to highlight the AFL not trusting its tribunal to get matters right.

Can we appeal the appeal??

I think we should.

[kruddler]

My gut feel, without my navy blue glasses, was that Charlie should've got off, and give the hawkins precedent, ed should get a week.

Keep in mind, that gut feel is based on the comments from the AFL re Hawkins incident.
In reality, i think Ed should get off but based on precedent though, ed will go.

These were my comments in regards to the AFL appeal.

I think the right call has been made, given how the AFL painted themselves into a corner in regards to Hawkins suspension.
Ideally ed would get 'half a game' suspension by comparison, but we know that can't happen.

re May, i haven't seen the incident so can't comment, but would like to if someone has a link.

[Jack Burton]

I was a bit confused after the Tribunal decisions on Tuesday night. Can you touchj an umpire or not? Thankfully the AFL have made it perfectly clear today. You cannot deliberately touch an umpire if your name is Thomas or Edward. You can deliberately touch an umpire if your name is Charles or Steven. If you play for Geelong you cannot deliberately touch an umpire. If you play for Gold Coast you can touch umpires all you want. If you play for Carlton you can touch an umpire and you will either be suspended or fined depending on whether or not Gerard Whateley likes you. Perfectly clear

[blue4life]

The whole thing is ridiculous, umpires are part of the game and there should be interaction between them and players, the only things that we need to watch out for are intimidation and/or threatening behaviour.
Robbie Muir would have been rubbed out for life today.

[cookie2]

Wonder what Phil Carmen or John Burke for that matter would have to say about all of this? Now there's a couple of blokes who really knew how to "touch" an umpire.

[Lods]

re May, i haven't seen the incident so can't comment, but would like to if someone has a link.

I reckon it's the most forceful of the lot...actually pushes the umpire back

http://www.afl.com.au/video/2018-05-12/m...re-contact

[PaulP]

Gleeson thought Hawkins should be rubbed out for 2 matches, and it became one match because of TH's guilty plea. I guess we should be grateful for that. 

[Baggers]

Ed gets a week - Whateley does cartwheels.

Charlie fine only - Whateley cries, then head explodes.

[PaulP]

The whole thing is ridiculous, umpires are part of the game and there should be interaction between them and players, the only things that we need to watch out for are intimidation and/or threatening behaviour.
Robbie Muir would have been rubbed out for life today.

I think the principle should be no physical contact between players and umpires, irrespective of whether the former or latter initiates the contact. The problem is that AFL footy is a contact sport, and it's simply not possible to avoid contact all the time. The AFL simply needs better and more sensible protocols and processes for dealing with it, not the 3 ring circus nonsense we've just endured.