Dogwatcher wrote:Booney wrote:MW wrote:Bennell gets filmed doing it and gets sacked, but Carlisle does it and its not that big a deal? What am I missing here?
I think you're missing nothing, but it's less than 24 hours since this surfaced so let's see what unfolds today.
Is there a "cooling off" period in the draft / trade rules?
Bennell was sacked by his club, not punished by the AFL, and he has since been moved on.
I'm not sure where the Saints would sit, they're in the unenviable position of this happening when they've had him on their roster for less than 24 hours.
If my timelines are right, the video was being shopped around before the trade eventuated, so Carlisle was still a Bomber.
As an organisation, it's going to be interesting to see how they handle this, or what they're forced to do. Seems unfair on them that this has landed on their doorstep.
Apparantly the Saints knew of the incident but didnt know about it going to air. There have been some doubts over Jake for awhile and is the reason why the Dogs cooled on getting him a few weeks back. Beveridge was pretty scathing on him and his chatacter. He was also overheard by another clubs recruiter at a local footy match saying that his ex team mates are a mob of spastics