Regular AussieRulesBlog readers will have gleaned that I am a devoted Bomber. Without quibbling about the result, I'm left to wonder what the differences are between Nathan Lovett-Murray's three-week bump and Nick Maxwell's get-off-scott-free bump during the pre-season. I think Lovett-Murray was dumb and he is a serial offender, so three weeks is fair enough.
Let's think about the two scenarios. Both were clearly late. Tick. Both involved somewhat incidental(?) contact to the opponent's head. Tick. Lovett-Murray gave Pettifer a bloodied nose, Maxwell broke McGinnity's jaw. Huh?
[Edit, 27 May: When I wrote this, I was having a daydream (apparently) and avoided remembering that the Match Review Panel actually cited Maxwell and awarded a penalty of weeks. It was an expensive counsel and a legal technicality that saved Maxwell.]
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
It's enough to make a person wonder
Let's think about the two scenarios. Both were clearly late. Tick. Both involved somewhat incidental(?) contact to the opponent's head. Tick. Lovett-Murray gave Pettifer a bloodied nose, Maxwell broke McGinnity's jaw. Huh?
[Edit, 27 May: When I wrote this, I was having a daydream (apparently) and avoided remembering that the Match Review Panel actually cited Maxwell and awarded a penalty of weeks. It was an expensive counsel and a legal technicality that saved Maxwell.]
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Its because Collingwood run the AFL...
To give the Match Review Panel their due, they did cite Maxwell and award a penalty of weeks. It was an expensive counsel and a legal technicality that extracted Maxwell from the MRP's clutches.
It's always entertaining to lay the blame at Collingwood's feet, but often not accurate.
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