bluedog wrote:
Blue Sombrero wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
Friend sent me a photo from todays Herald Sun.
The article is about length of contracts, assuming long contracts like Grundys and Martin's will be a thing of the past with reduced salary caps.
The photo of Martin fending with the caption "who could argue with Martin's contract?", you can see he is "typically" allowed to illegally fend off the player by hitting his throat.
This happened in the Carlton game and nearly every game Martin has played since 2016.
One rule for Martin and another rule for everyone else.
No wonder he gets paid the big bucks: he's a protected species by the AFL/umpires allowed to break the rules.
It is about time the AFL community remonstrate to the AFL about this obvious, ongoing breach of the rules.
Yep.
And you'd think it's covered by more than one law:
Quote:
17.3.2 Free Kicks - Prohibited Contact
A field Umpire shall award a Free Kick against a Player when that Player makes any of the following Prohibited Contact with an opposition Player:(a) executes a tackle that is not legal;(b) pushes an opposition Player in the back;(c) makes high contact to an opposition Player (including the top of the shoulders) with any part of their body
17.7.2 Free Kicks - Rough Conduct
A field Umpire shall award a Free Kick against a Player when that Player engages in rough conduct against an opposition Player which in the circumstances is unreasonable, which includes but is not limited to:(a) executing a dangerous tackle on an opposition Player;(b) making forceful contact below the knees of an opposition Player or executing a forceful action towards the lower leg of an opposition Player, causing the opposition Player to take evasive action;(c) sliding knees or feet first into an opposition Player;(d) using boot studs in a manner likely to cause injury.
Also, and with regard to the first rule quoted above, umpires nearly always ignore players making contact with the top of an opponent's shoulders when going for a speccy.
Nice one bluedog.
Problem is the lack of decision by umpires changes player statistics and momentum of the game, and results of the game, in Martins case may have helped him win a Brownlow votes, and the cost of 4 points has too much influence on ladder position, and therefore the outcome of a season.
Tigers already have a ridiculously favoured home and away fixture welded on to the MCG, but the umpires indecision have helped them immensely.
Time for umpires to change and start paying frees against Martin like they changed their bias towards the Hawks after the practise became a footy community joke.
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