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  • MattW
    Veterans List
    • May 2011
    • 4234

    #76
    Originally posted by Hotpotato
    $20k
    10 weeks , 12 suspended .

    Tough love !
    He placed bets on his own goal kicking tally in a game. Ten weeks is lower end.

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    • Jeynez
      Warming the Bench
      • May 2013
      • 223

      #77
      10 weeks is a slap on the wrist given some of the bets he placed. Players have been given life bans for spot-fixing in some sports

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      • Mel_C
        Veterans List
        • Jan 2003
        • 4470

        #78
        Originally posted by 707
        AFL making a stand this week, Stephenson out for 10 weeks for betting on Pies games!

        So players on notice, you'll get weeks for stomping, pinching, betting.

        I'd like to see them also clamp down on the constant low level punching in the back and arms by defenders (a la Stratton on Charlie Cameron two weeks ago) whilst the ball is up the other end of the ground. Pay the first punch, ball comes from the other end of the ground, the "punched" forward kicks a goal from the goalsquare, niggly punching instantly eliminated - easy! Rather than stupidly smiling at it like that umpire was!!
        They were cracking down on this at the start of the season. I remember Buddy was paid a free against Carlton. The problem is that the AFL only persists with things for a couple of weeks and then it's forgotten and they move on to something else.

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        • neilfws
          Senior Player
          • Aug 2009
          • 1836

          #79
          Originally posted by MattW
          He placed bets on his own goal kicking tally in a game. Ten weeks is lower end.
          Absolutely!

          I'm all for second chances and acknowledging that young blokes make bad decisions. But twice now the penalty has been "what remains of the H & A season". It seems rather arbitrary. Rub them out for a consistently-defined period and if that includes finals, so be it.

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          • Meg
            Go Swannies!
            Site Admin
            • Aug 2011
            • 4828

            #80
            Originally posted by MattW
            He placed bets on his own goal kicking tally in a game. Ten weeks is lower end.
            I read that, and that Stephenson knew he was doing the wrong thing when he made the bets. And I thought this is a young man with a gambling problem.

            Then the next item I clicked on the AFL website was the ‘Pick a Winner’ video sponsored by Bet Easy, starting each segment with the betting odds for each match.

            Me thinks the AFL speaks with forked tongue on this issue.

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            • S.S. Bleeder
              Senior Player
              • Sep 2014
              • 2165

              #81
              Originally posted by rb4x
              Think Stratton got off pretty lightly. Laughed at Clarkson referring to it as like sandpapergate. If it was Stratton would have got 12 months, the same as Smith and Warner. It also cost Lehmann his job even though he was unaware of the plan. Clarkson would have been well aware of Stratton's tactics as they have been going on for quite a while. Perhaps Clarko should also be disciplined. Stomping and pinching are in the same category as biting, gouging, Xmas tree holds and Hopoate finger, tactics that have no place in any sport let alone AFL.
              Couldn't agree more but nothing will happen to Clarkson. He's the AFLs golden child.

              Strattons actions were those of a spineless coward and should be seen as so. In the good Ol days a player would have knocked his lights out but he knows that unsportsmanlike behaviour such as this normally goes unpunished and his opponent is unable to retaliate unless they lower their moral standards as well. Stratton is notorious for this sort of behaviour as are some of his teammates.

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              • S.S. Bleeder
                Senior Player
                • Sep 2014
                • 2165

                #82
                Originally posted by Jeynez
                10 weeks is a slap on the wrist given some of the bets he placed. Players have been given life bans for spot-fixing in some sports
                The news reported it was only one bet of $30 or similar. Is that incorrect?

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                • MattW
                  Veterans List
                  • May 2011
                  • 4234

                  #83
                  Originally posted by S.S. Bleeder
                  The news reported it was only one bet of $30 or similar. Is that incorrect?
                  Three bets totalling $36.

                  "The multi-bets included legs on Collingwood to win, Collingwood's winning margin, Stephenson to kick a goal, Stephenson to kick three or more goals, Collingwood teammates to kick a goal, Collingwood teammates to kick two or more goals, and Collingwood teammates to have in excess of a number of disposals."



                  I found that pretty startling.

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                  • Markwebbos
                    Veterans List
                    • Jul 2016
                    • 7186

                    #84
                    Originally posted by Meg
                    Me thinks the AFL speaks with forked tongue on this issue.
                    100%
                    Young Jaidyn just needs to remember to
                    “Gamble responsibly”

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                    • Auntie.Gerald
                      Veterans List
                      • Oct 2009
                      • 6483

                      #85
                      Jeff Kennett amazing comments also

                      Absolutely amazing !!!
                      "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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                      • dimelb
                        pr. dim-melb; m not f
                        • Jun 2003
                        • 6889

                        #86
                        Greg Baum takes down the AFL:



                        Classic "Do as I say, not as I do."
                        He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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                        • KTigers
                          Senior Player
                          • Apr 2012
                          • 2499

                          #87
                          I'd like to see some of the clubs put their hand up and say they don't want the AFL to receive sponsorship from gambling
                          companies, even if it means their (the club's) funding from the AFL is less because of it. But I probably won't be holding my
                          breath waiting for it to happen.

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                          • Melbourne_Blood
                            Senior Player
                            • May 2010
                            • 3312

                            #88
                            Originally posted by MattW
                            Three bets totalling $36.

                            "The multi-bets included legs on Collingwood to win, Collingwood's winning margin, Stephenson to kick a goal, Stephenson to kick three or more goals, Collingwood teammates to kick a goal, Collingwood teammates to kick two or more goals, and Collingwood teammates to have in excess of a number of disposals."



                            I found that pretty startling.
                            Me too . Reckon he got off lightly to be honest. Should’ve been a year.


                            Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                            • Hotpotato
                              Senior Player
                              • Jun 2014
                              • 2285

                              #89
                              It still makes you wonder how many of the over 800 other players have a bet on AFL games via whatever means.

                              I reckon there’s a number thinking ‘there but for the grace of God go I ‘.

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                              • Mel_C
                                Veterans List
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 4470

                                #90
                                Originally posted by Hotpotato
                                It still makes you wonder how many of the over 800 other players have a bet on AFL games via whatever means.

                                I reckon there’s a number thinking ‘there but for the grace of God go I ‘.
                                Exactly, if you use a friend's account then you won't get caught. Stephenson was only found out because he made a comment to Jeremy Howe after one of the games he had placed the multi on.

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