Sin Bin in AFL?

[Irish_33]

Perfect example of why players should be marched.

[ScottH]

Originally posted by Irish_33
Perfect example of why players should be marched.

He was just saying goodbye, and keep in touch.

[Sanecow]

He never connected anyway; it's just mucking around.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by wheels27
Personally agree with you, but, to play devil's advocate, if a player does something so obvious and bad that an umpire (a) sees it, and (b) deems it worthy of send off, why shouldn't the team he is playing at the time be 'compensated' (for want of a better term), rather than giving the advantage from his actions to another opponent next week.

I also agree that a man down advantage is bigger in AFL than some other games (otherwise Holland would have beaten us by 10 goals the other night.)

Maybe a send off or sin bin with replacement allowed, but the offender can not return (leaving a 3-man bench)

As an aside, does anyone know of a football league anywhere else that has the send-off rule? (other than SydneyAFL)

They used to have it in the VFA (now called VFL), but it was chnaged after Phil Cleary was sent off for Coburg in a final, they lost the game and the chanrge was dismissed at the tribunal.

[floppinab]

Originally posted by goswannie14
They used to have it in the VFA (now called VFL), but it was chnaged after Phil Cleary was sent off for Coburg in a final, they lost the game and the chanrge was dismissed at the tribunal.

Most leagues a step down from the major state leagues, and that includes most junior leagues have a send off rule. It almost seems a bit of an anachranism that our major leagues don't have it.

[RogueSwan]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Difficult question. On the one hand I hate to break with the tradition of the report and suspension but on the other it bugs the crap out of me that the team(s) that next play your opponent get the advantage of the suspension while you get a king-hit player for the game in which the incident occurred.

Got to agree with that sentiment. What if that Gorilla Gehrig monstered Leapin' this week. Why should the Camry's get the benefit of not playing against him while this week we have a concussed Leo on the bench?
Currently the situation only penalises the team with the culprit, without compensating the team with the victim.
But then again, what goes around, comes around, karma, kismet .....

[swantastic]

SAY NO TO SIN BINS.