Wood's Shaw gets 8 weeks!

[royboy42]

For punting on a game!!
Shaw suspended for betting on Pies match - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[Sauce]

And he only gets 8 weeks while Maxwell gets only a fine.

I would like to see it happened to a lesser team and see what the outcome would have been.

Didn't an NRL player get sacked and virtually suspended for life for doing the same last year?

[nomae]

Someone please move this to general AFL forum.

[jono2707]

And he only gets 8 weeks while Maxwell gets only a fine.

I would like to see it happened to a lesser team and see what the outcome would have been.

Didn't an NRL player get sacked and virtually suspended for life for doing the same last year?

I think 8 weeks is fair enough given the apparent size of the bet. I don't know why the team he plays for has any bearing (conspiracy theories aside) - if anything given Collingwood's profile and large supporter base, I'd say the punishment might be more severe to make sure he's made an example of.

The NRL situation was quite different as the player was not only betting on the first scoring play, but he also made an active attempt to influence that play in the game. There seems to be no proof that Shaw tried to exert any such influence.

This sort of thing really needs to get stamped out of all forms of professional sport in this country. And yes - general footy thread please - thankfully it's that Shaw...

[Melbourne_Blood]

And he only gets 8 weeks while Maxwell gets only a fine.

I would like to see it happened to a lesser team and see what the outcome would have been.

Didn't an NRL player get sacked and virtually suspended for life for doing the same last year?

The outcome would have probably been the same mate. No, wait, they would have been hung, drawn and quartered ?

[Swansongster]

There seems to be no proof that Shaw tried to exert any such influence.

It could be influenced. I'd love to see the replay to see if he is drifting forward and looking for Shaw.

Against lowly Adelaide, he'd have to feel he might just get away with that. From memory, Adelaide were all over the Pies that day until an 11-straight-goals spree late in the game.

[Swansongster]

P.S. What's this all about?

"Shaw was suspended for 14 matches, six of which have been suspended."

[Kirkari]

Silly boy. What is the obsession with betting?

[Lucky Knickers]

What a moron!
"I've been in this situation before ..um..and two pretty hard lessons I've learnt".....uh I don't think so.

[Jewels]

P.S. What's this all about?

"Shaw was suspended for 14 matches, six of which have been suspended."

They had to suspend the last six or he would have missed finals and Eddie wouldn't allow that!

[stellation]

Very, very, very silly.

[Cpt. Kirk]

They had to suspend the last six or he would have missed finals and Eddie wouldn't allow that!

They shouldn't have done that imo, should have been a straight out 14 weeks, now the afl has tried to stamp it out the should have given him the appropriate punishment for doing so and not allow him to play a game again in 2011, there is a lot of other issues that could have come of it, such as him passing maxwell the ball for a goal which would be matchfixing, and his mates telling adelaide how they were going to play maxwell during the game.

Soft punishment for what is unacceptable in this sport.

Yes i know that kieran jack did it but this was before the new rules were imposed.

and yes he is in my supercoach team so i have to trade him out.

[ShockOfHair]

They had to suspend the last six or he would have missed finals and Eddie wouldn't allow that!

Yes, rather convenient. But I like the 'suspending the suspension' concept.

Rhyce Shaw must be breathing a sigh of relief.

[ernie koala]

The guy is a dead set cretin.
And yes it could be argued that even this small bet could change the game.
If Shaw has the ball on the wing and he looks up and sees Cloke and Maxwell both leading....who does he kick it to???
With no bet I'd say Cloke every time . With the bet on, it's a good chance it's Maxwell.
He should of been suspended for the season with no reductions.
I mean what a joke to hear Anderson saying that his "clear and honest response to questioning" influenced his punishment.
What else could he do when they had clear evidence of the offence.
As for Maxwell, once he decided to tell his family he should of warned them off making any bets.
If he didn't, which it seems he didn't, then he too has got off very lightly.

[Lucky Knickers]

Without knowing all the ins and outs of his evidence I am really surprised the AFL haven't been tougher on this given his involvement in the game he was betting on.