Barry Hall Incident

[Morenito]

Could he possibly miss a grand final over that?
Thats no where near a Grand final worthy suspension

What ever the dudes name is. What a whimp!

Knowing the Melbourne AFL hierarchy though they will slap him with a 9 week suspension like they did to poor Fui Fui

 

[lolesi]

I think he will be gone for 1/2 weeks

 

[Morenito]

The fact they he stayed on the ground for like a minute wont help barrys cause come tribunal time..

 

[lockyno1]

It is a tough one. It looks worse than it is. Maybe a reprimand

 

[Morenito]

It is a tough one. It looks worse than it is. Maybe a reprimand

I Hope so. Be sad for one of your best players to miss the biggest games of their lifes for something minor. Thats sport though

 

[AuckMel]

Seen similar incidents get a week.

 

[choc_soldier]

What ever the dudes name is. What a whimp!

Eddie McGuire, or something like that...

 

[Rammo]

Matt McGuire, what a cat.

 

[Morenito]

i can see him getting a week. All the papers seem to write as if his in trouble

 

[meltiger]

Gherig got 2 weeks, dowgraded on appeal to 1 week for an exceptionally sim ilar incident.

If there is any justice, Hall will get the same punishment as was dealt out to Gherig.

With regards to saying it's not worth a Grand Final suspension ... Maybe you can look at it like that, or on the other hand, you can look at it from the angle that Hall, the captain of his club, in a Preliminary Final, punched a bloke - whatever punishment he would get would be deserved purely due to his own stupidity.

In saying that, even if the Tribunal do pull a shock and actually treat him the same as every other player in the League.... Expect Sydney to cheat once again, as they did 10 years ago by waltzing into court and launching an appeal that won't be heard until after the Grand Final.......

Hall will play in the Grand Final.

 

[Glenn]

Hall will get cited and charged (that being saide Matt Maguire milked it for everything), he whould be clear to play in the GF based on a early guilty plea, and discount for a clean record.

 

[willvillain]

Expect Sydney to cheat once again, as they did 10 years ago by waltzing into court and launching an appeal that won't be heard until after the Grand Final.......

That was awesome

 

[chileman]

Gherig got 2 weeks, dowgraded on appeal to 1 week for an exceptionally sim ilar incident.

If there is any justice, Hall will get the same punishment as was dealt out to Gherig.

With regards to saying it's not worth a Grand Final suspension ... Maybe you can look at it like that, or on the other hand, you can look at it from the angle that Hall, the captain of his club, in a Preliminary Final, punched a bloke - whatever punishment he would get would be deserved purely due to his own stupidity.

In saying that, even if the Tribunal do pull a shock and actually treat him the same as every other player in the League.... Expect Sydney to cheat once again, as they did 10 years ago by waltzing into court and launching an appeal that won't be heard until after the Grand Final.......

Hall will play in the Grand Final.

Bitter and twisted Tigers fan :alcho:

 

[lockyno1]

It will be interesting to see, but I expect either a reprimand or a complete let off. It was so minimal it is not funny! Heck MacGuire would get a start for any Seria A side with that dive!

 

[Dean Moriarty]

It will come down to whether he was in play (albeit off the ball) and whether it was a closed fist. Or so I'm led to believe. Both points are arguable - a full forward 40m from the play could claim to be looking for position to receive the ball, and the camera angle doesn't actually show the impact.

I think he'll get the lowest possible charge which will allow him to take an early plea and avoid suspension.

 

[lockyno1]

I think he'll get the lowest possible charge which will allow him to take an early plea and avoid suspension.

That is what I tend to believe. Simlar to a reprimand!

 

[waltzing Meninga]

There is no way Hall will miss the GF. There is only 1 camera angle on the incident and it does not show the impact of the fist. There is no possible way to ditermine how bad it is so they will have to give him the lowest possible grade.

This is a case that would definately stand up in court as there is no evidnce at all that Hall even made contact. For all we know Macguire could have been milking it. Untill there is a clear angle that shows sufficient contact, it would be a farce to see Barry suspended.

 

[meltiger]

Bitter and twisted Tigers fan :alcho:

Am I wrong? Already are we hearing -

#1 - The AFL is going against the wording of it's own rules to ensure Hall walks into the Tribunal with a clean record. The rules state "The last 3 AFL seasons" rather than the interpretation that the AFL invented over the weekend of "Last 36 months"

#2 - Due to the above, there is already much talk that Hall will be offered a penalty of 125 points, which with discounts (due to the changing of the rules after the incident) will allow him to play.

#3 - There are already calls for the Swans to waltz back into Civilian Court once again and gain an injunction against the penalty should the AFL enforce it's rules :shock: and suspend the bastard.


Do not kid yourselves, the fix is well and truely on.

 

[meltiger]

For all we know Macguire could have been milking it.

Rubbish, whilst Maguire was on the ground, Hall unattended by an opponent has a hand in a Sydney goal ... bullsh*t he was faking it.


It's no different to the Gherig incident. If he is not given the same penalty, the AFL may as well pack up shop.


Where is the incentive for clubs like Richmond to run out onto the park, when they are not competing in a level playing field?

 

[waltzing Meninga]

Rubbish, whilst Maguire was on the ground, Hall unattended by an opponent has a hand in a Sydney goal ... bullsh*t he was faking it.


It's no different to the Gherig incident. If he is not given the same penalty, the AFL may as well pack up shop.


Where is the incentive for clubs like Richmond to run out onto the park, when they are not competing in a level playing field?

There is no evidence at all that Hall hit Maguire. You can not ditermine the nature of the incident by the reaction of the player. For Hall to be guilty there needs to be evidence and footage of Hall striking Macguire. There is no such evidence. He may well have hit him, who knows, but there is no evidence. If there was a camera angle it may have shown that Hall missed with his punch.

A court would laugh at this case if it were taken there, as there is absolutley no evidence at all based on the available camera angles that Hall struck Macguire or to the extent of the blow.

How can the tribunal grade the incident without seeing the contact???