Kirk cited....AND CLEARED..to play at least - but still gouged by the AFL

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  • BeeEmmAre
    Commentary Team Captain
    • Aug 2005
    • 2509

    #61
    Brett Kirk cleared

    Just reported on Ten News.

    As it should be, but you beauty!!!

    Bring on the Lions!
    "It's up to the rest of the players in the room to make a new batch of premiership players next year," Adam Goodes, triple Bob Skilton Medallist, October 7, 2011.

    YOU BETCHA!!!!!!

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    • shaun..
      Stuck in Reserves
      • Jun 2007
      • 691

      #62
      Originally posted by cruiser
      Just through on Ch 10 news - Brett Kirk has been cleared (yikes - sprung watching Ch 10 news!)
      Ahh not a bunch of idiots after all..
      "In some ways we?re less predictable to ourselves and sometimes that can be detrimental because we don?t really know where we?re going" - P.Roos

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      • matthew
        On the Rookie List
        • Jan 2008
        • 52

        #63
        sanity has prevailed, how on earth he was referred to the tribunal in the first place

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        • shaun..
          Stuck in Reserves
          • Jun 2007
          • 691

          #64
          Not cleared, just pleaded guilty.. so still run by a bunch of idiots. Mitchell owes him a few beers.
          "In some ways we?re less predictable to ourselves and sometimes that can be detrimental because we don?t really know where we?re going" - P.Roos

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          • cruiser
            What the frack!
            • Jul 2004
            • 6114

            #65
            More here: Brett Kirk free to play | Herald Sun

            97 demerit points and a fine is too much for that. The AFL has been taken over by idiots.
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            • T-bag
              Warming the Bench
              • May 2008
              • 248

              #66
              that's still BS. The club should have grown some balls and fought it tooth and nail.

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              • annew
                Senior Player
                • Mar 2006
                • 2164

                #67
                What was the difference between Kirk's bump on the umpire and Luke Power's etc that meant he was facing a stiffer penalty?

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                • RedRosie
                  On the Rookie List
                  • Apr 2009
                  • 92

                  #68
                  Originally posted by cruiser
                  More here: Brett Kirk free to play | Herald Sun

                  97 demerit points and a fine is too much for that. The AFL has been taken over by idiots.
                  Have you seen the comments made by readers of this article! Sydney Swans protected species.... some people ! I hate the media

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                  • 573v30
                    On the bandwagon...
                    • Sep 2005
                    • 5017

                    #69
                    Good to see him cleared but the penalty he's received (97 demerit points and a fine) is too harsh IMO.
                    I only support one team: The SYDNEY SWANS!!!!! :adore

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                    • anniswan
                      Footy Mother Big Time
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 2031

                      #70
                      is he still elligable for the Brownlow or not?

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                      • SimonH
                        Salt future's rising
                        • Aug 2004
                        • 1647

                        #71
                        Originally posted by anniswan
                        is he still elligable for the Brownlow or not?
                        My understanding of the rules as explained in the Goodes situation last year (or was it '07?) is: no. If the activation points of the offence you plead to/are found guilty of, are over 100, then you're ineligible, regardless of whether discounts take you below the 100 so you don't actually serve time.

                        His decision tonight is the action of the ultimate team man. The lawyers would have said 'we've got some (very small) chance of beating it entirely, and some (moderately good) chance of getting found guilty only of negligent contact, both of which avoid suspension. But of course if we go down on the reckless contact at a defended hearing, it's an automatic one game; and the current politics of umpire contact is such, that this result has to be a chance despite the merits of our defence'.

                        Kirk took the view (rightly) that his record is so good that the demerit points are very unlikely to ever be used against him, and so pleading to the higher charge was the only way of locking in a no-suspension outcome. Brownlow glory didn't come into it; or if it did, it was totally outweighed by doing the right thing for the team.

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                        • cruiser
                          What the frack!
                          • Jul 2004
                          • 6114

                          #72
                          Originally posted by Jeffers1984
                          So what does Sam Mitchell get for pushing Kirk into his path? A pat on the back?
                          The same question being asked in this article: Mitchell as culpable as Kirk - RFNews - realfooty.com.au
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                          • goswannie14
                            Leadership Group
                            • Sep 2005
                            • 11166

                            #73
                            Originally posted by 573v30
                            Good to see him cleared but the penalty he's received (97 demerit points and a fine) is too harsh IMO.
                            He wasn't cleared. He pleaded guilty.
                            Does God believe in Atheists?

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                            • Wardy
                              The old Boiler!
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 6676

                              #74
                              it really is a bit of a farce isnt it?
                              I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure..................
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                              • AnnieH
                                RWOs Black Sheep
                                • Aug 2006
                                • 11332

                                #75
                                Saw on the news this morning that Roosey was on his way to Melbourne for a "please explain" meeting.

                                Stick it up em Roosey.
                                Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
                                Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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