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Round 14 - Other Games

Mate of mine is an umpire and he reckons this week a new rule has been brought in where if the head hits the ground during a tackle, it is automatically deemed dangerous and a free against.

I reckon you can put a grand on players head butting the ground by the end of the round to get a free
 
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Tiger Rob said:
Mate of mine is an umpire and he reckons this week a new rule has been brought in where if the head hits the ground during a tackle, it is automatically deemed dangerous and a free against.

I reckon you can put a grand on players head butting the ground by the end of the round to get a free
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I also heard this on the radio tonight...apparently an AFL VIC directive? The other Scott brother’s portfolio??
 
Pissweak English. Could have filled the hole in front of Cameron but didn’t want to know about it.
 
The Big Richo said:
I thought the umpire said that to Grimes last week after the Pickett tackle as well. I'm sure he said his head hit the ground, then Grimes said what are you meant to do and the umpire said well that's the rule.
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That’s my recollection too TBR, I think we have a new rule.
 
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Geez the Handbaggers love having a whinge to the umps. Menegola clearly (and stupidly) played on before the siren went and he then complains to the umps afterwards.
 
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What I find ridiculous (well no skin of my nose), 20% capacity (7K)), but these 7000 people are all sitting together on the wings.
Shouldn't they all be separated? I remember early this year at the G it was pretty spread out and only your group/family sitting at the end of the aisle.

Of course, stadiums can save money by keeping shut some of the grandstands by crowding everyone together but that defeats the purpose of the Gov allowing crowds in as I'm sure reduced capacity means stadiums need to spread everyone around the ground.
 
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AstuteTiger said:
What I find ridiculous (well no skin of my nose), 20% capacity (7K)), but these 7000 people are all sitting together on the wings.
Shouldn't they all be separated? I remember early this year at the G it was pretty spread out and only your group/family sitting at the end of the aisle.

Of course, stadiums can save money by keeping shut some of the grandstands by crowding everyone together but that defeats the purpose of the Gov allowing crowds in as I'm sure reduced capacity means stadiums need to spread everyone around the ground.
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Exactly. More about control than common sense.
 
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Tiger Rob said:
That’s my recollection too TBR, I think we have a new rule.
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The obvious question is how does a player execute the tackle to ensure that the tackled players head doesn't hit the ground? What could Pickett have done differently? Seems like a luck of the draw type of thing.
 
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WildStyle said:
The obvious question is how does a player execute the tackle to ensure that the tackled players head doesn't hit the ground? What could Pickett have done differently? Seems like a luck of the draw type of thing.
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