#AFL Round 9 Weekly Discussion Thread

[stevoswan]

I was annoyed hearing Whateley & Robbo declaring last night that Liam Ryan has Mark of the Year sewin up as it would be hard to beat. Yes it was a great Mark, but Heeney's in R1 is at least equal (better in my biased opinion). They then replayed the best marks of this year so far, trying to validate their case & when Heeney's mark was quickly shown you could hear Whateley exclaim "oh that was good" like he'd forgotten about it!

Heeney's still hasn't been bettered yet IMO.

On 10 News they just said it might be $7000 which is less than Rampe's fine. I would be surprised if this happens because you would think calling an umpire an "f'ing cheat" is worse than saying he speaks like a girl. But this is the AFL we're talking about.

$7500. No mention of any part suspended like Rampe's, so larger in regard to what has to be paid now but smaller in total. "Little girl"....."F'ing cheat".....interesting.

It was reported on one network that Thomas's slur was 'probably the worst thing you could accuse an umpire of'.......apparently not.

[chalbilto]

Heeney's still hasn't been bettered yet IMO.



$7500. No mention of any part suspended like Rampe's, so larger in regard to what has to be paid now but smaller in total. "Little girl"....."F'ing cheat".....interesting.

It was reported on one network that Thomas's slur was 'probably the worst thing you could accuse an umpire of'.......apparently not.

That was my initial thought as well. AFL spin doctors at work? All supporters are not fools and should not be treated as such by the AFL heirarchy.

[dejavoodoo44]

That was my initial thought as well. AFL spin doctors at work? All supporters are not fools and should not be treated as such by the AFL heirarchy.

Yes, the two fines don't seem to tally well. Rampe got $10,000 for telling the umpire, "you talk like a little girl". Whereas, Thomas got $7,500, for the rant of, "you can’t tell them that, dickhead! You're a @@@@ing cheat! You can't tell them that, you're a @@@@ing cheat!"

Even if Rampe’s is half suspended, it's still hard to work out, how that could be judged the more serious infringement. Maybe it was just a procedural thing?That is, Thomas went to the tribunal and had lawyers representing him. The lawyers made the case, that it was only worth a $5,000 fine. It may be, that the tribunal thought something along the lines of, 'well that seems a bit light, but the suits might know what they're talking about, so we'll just whack it up to $7,500'.

Though it is possible that the AFL hit Rampe harder, for possible offence to little girls, whereas, they didn’t care about any offence to dickheads and @@@@ing cheats?

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