Columbo wrote:As he has been found not guilty this week and last that would make him an "alleged" repeat offender wouldn't it Big Phil??
Well, well, well...
We have another Smart Arse on this forum...
Yes, if you want to get all technical on me than yes, you are right...
Doesn't hide from the fact that he was up in front of the tribunal again. Hang on a sec, more than once, that's twice isn't it ??
Or in other words mate, A REPEAT OFFENDER. He was reported for committing an offence, alleged or not, the umpire has put him in the book for an indescretion. The umps would know, they are the onces that police the rules (or at least they try to, with not much success, but that is another issue all together !!?)
Based on this mate, that makes him a REPEAT OFFENDER in my language, yes, an alleged no doubt, but still an offender...
I ALLEGE that you are just a whinging Eagles supporter who is frustrated with his teams performance.
I reckon the SANFL is really off the mark with the tribunal hearings. Too often you hear about these big indiscretions and people start saying the guy is going to get 3 or 4 weeks AND THEN, they get off with a reprimand or soft 1 week suspension.
I guess I'm not specifically picking on Schwarze, more wanting to highlight the weakness of the tribunal...
For example, everyone was saying Todd Grima should have got 3 - 5 games and he only got 1 ?
With what we saw in the AFL with Barry Hall getting 7 weeks, James Gowans is probably lucky to only get 3 weeks for his left hook on Shubert in last years Grand Final. I must admit, I was a bit worried as a Doggies supporter when it happened, I seriously though he would get 5 games minimum and he only got the 3... ??? What does that say then ???
I just reckon the SANFL needs to keep up to speed with the AFL with the severity of their punishments. I know SANFL aren't as powerful as the AFL, obviously, ad they don't have the same kind of financial backing for a panel to instigate a points system, as well as player appeals, and all the technical jargon, but surely, with most, if not all SANFL games being recorded on TV these days, surely that cold hard evidence should come into play and the punishment should fit the crime accordingly ??
Again, Gowans, in my opinion, was pretty lucky, but in saying that Shubert is bloody luckier for not getting doen, or at least friggin' reported for the hit he gave James FIRST. Yes, James just went back at him in retaliation but wouldn't you... Begs the question, do the SANFL have a video review panel ? By this example, I would say NO as Shubert should have got done as well based on TV evidence of his poor indescretion...
Big Phil...