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Dan Warna wrote:
your implication is that justice is a goal of the AFL?
the AFL is about revenue and markets, it hasn't been about justice for sometime.
Sorry to disagree here Dan, but didn't the AFL overturn the result of a drawn game and award it to Freo, despite no such precedent, and in direct contravention of their own rules (a game ends when the umpire hears the siren and signals the end of the game)?
Their reasoning and justification as I recall was to ensure that "natural justice" was seen to be the outcome!
Bit like being equal really, it's just that some teams are more equal than others!
The heavy metal artist formerly known as True Believer!
IF you look around the room and can't identify who the sucker is, then it's probably you!
OWTS - didn't mean to cast dispersions, I'm sure Mr Priest is a fine barrister; must be difficult for anyone appearing with a wig in the kangaroo court that masquerades as the AFL tribunal.
Can anyone enlighten me?? Do the three past players making up the tribunal acutally have adequate backgrounds/analytical skills to get their heads around the intricacies of a complex case like this. Are they really qualified to do this type of stuff? Is there some sort of legal expertise at all in the tribunal composition??