The history of the AFL tribunal is littered (recently and in times gone by) with cases that have caused a lot head scratching. Littered! It's a talking point every single year. And every single year there is at least one case that stands out that makes people stand up and ask for a better system and more consistency. Every - single - year.
And yet this is the first time in their HISTORY, that they have appealed their own panel's decision. The only time they have EVER appealed. They were so incensed over this case that they went through this whole process in order to achieve just extra two weeks. How can that be described as manifestly inadequate? In context of all those other cases, how can it be?
To buy into your conspiracy theory of everyone agin us (which I don't, but it's fun to do so), I add this (with tongue in cheek). This morning on the abc, Gil is talking to Red Syomns and Gerard Whately for his tips. Port v tigers he gives this backhanded compliment. "Tigers are better than everyone would want to admit'. It's the addition of the words 'everyone' and 'want' that got me.
BTW - LOVE your new avatar!!
