Cripps wins appeal - no suspension

[Pebbles Rocks]

[David]

If you're talking about the case below, that was a standard tribunal hearing where he got three weeks followed by an appeal (in this case, requested by the AFL). Cripps has already been through both stages. If I'm correct there is no avenue left for the AFL to challenge now even if they wanted to.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/07/toby-greenes-manifestly-inadequate-ban-for-umpire-contact-doubled-after-afl-appeal

What gets me is that Carlton challenged the MRP ruling and failed at the tribunal, and then challenged the tribunal ruling and got off on a technicality. Shouldn't the job of the appeals board have been not just to assess the tribunal's ruling but also the MRP's decision to begin with? But they don't seem to have demonstrated why that original panel's decision was wrong, just that the tribunal decision was illegitimate.

It would make more sense based on the outcome here for the case to go back to the tribunal and for the case to be heard again from scratch; if there's no time for that and the hearing has to be next week – meaning he plays this weekend and the suspension ends up being delayed by a week – so be it.

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

Dunno, I was pretty happy beating them with Cripps playing

[ANNODAM]

There are 17 clubs supporters that disagree with the decision & only 1 club which are happy.
The scum doing what they do best using every cheating opportunity to get over the line.


Are we really that shocked?

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

AFL please appeal the appeal Cripps should not be able to play

[What'sinaname]

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

The systems corrupt

[Piesnchess]

[Piesnchess]

[Piesnchess]

[swoop42]

Honestly, when did the AFL process to decide the guilt or innocence of a football player suddenly become a court of law instead of just an internal mechanism setup to review an incident out on the field of play?

Anyone with any feel for the game knows full well that Cripps, with his side trailing 38 to 2, took an opportunity to assert himself physically on an opponent in an effort to energize his teammates. Unfortunately for him and Ah Chee he elected to bump, yes it was a bump Mr Kellam, that bump went high and Ah Chee was concussed.

The match review officer did his job in laying the initial charge and the original tribunal panel were smart enough to see through all the BS from the defence.

Yet here we are, Cripps gets off and we have people talking of procedural fairness, a denial of natural justice and a "jury" not being directed correctly.

I tell you what is a denial of natural justice.

That Cripps is free to play this week when his victim Ah Chee isn't (and wouldn't be allowed to even if he felt fine!) while the inclusion of Cripps aids Carlton with any victory for them costing another team the opportunity to play finals or in our case possibly a top 4 finish.

I'm sorry but this decision potentially impacts the integrity of the whole competition.

[think positive]

not sorry, it 100% does, and people think there are no conspricies in the AFL!

its all about the dollars, and our game in 2 weeks sealed it

[Piesnchess]

^ Spot on T P, the League wants a massive crowd in two weeks, and for the Bluebastard to be in the Finals, hence this nudge, nudge, wink , wink say no more ruling, it stinks like a three day old fish left in the fridge. Its all about the money, the cash flow, bums on seats. I had a thought, if it had not been for our wonderful season, crowd numbers at matches would be absolute shit, we bumped it up, week after week, crowds at games are well down, but not at ours, we saved the pricks at League HQ. Yeh, all b out the dollars, and to hell with the ethics and justice, an poor Ah Chee, also, the forgotten victim of the Golden Child.

[Woods Of Ypres]

I'm afraid you are right PnC, they want Carlton in the finals.
the whole thing is as crook as a dog's hind leg

[David]