Spargo wrote:Soooooooo, intentionally punch a bloke in the head with a clenched fist, breaking his jaw & only get 2 weeks (plus 1 with bad record).
Our league is weak as piss when it comes to deterring this shit.
Couldn't agree more. If theyre serious in getting rid of this shit, they'd be handing out 10 week minimum penalties.
Do this shit on the street and you could well get a short jail term.
Do this shit on the street and the victim falls over and hits their head on the concrete footpath and dies, there's public outrage demanding the perpetrator be hung or jailed for life.
For the AFL to only hand out 2 or 3 game penalties for this crap is basically saying they condone these gutless acts but just hand out a token penalty to be seen to be unaccepting of it.
The fact that they are clueless with dealing with the basic rules of footy, constantly feeling they need to alter 3 or 4 interpretations every season just shows how inadequate they are to deal with serious issues in the game.