Craig Parry - deregistration successfully appealed

[Agile]

Glass Taj. is a long way from the fence. No North supporters had anything to say after 3/4 time.
Good win for the Eagles.

[cracka]

Still in shock on hearing this. Whatever your thoughts on the player, it's an unbelievably harsh penalty on the team, being one of our best players, and IMO the best ruckman in the league. They surely can't have pleaded guilty if they'd known he'd be deregistered. No matter what your thoughts are on Craig Parry, 16 wks suspension in my view doesn't merit a lifetime ban. Why on earth is it 16 in the SANFL if it's 32 in the AFL?

"Harsh penalty" - that's the whole idea.
"One of your better players, and maybe best ruckman in the league" - irrelevant.
This sniper has had plenty of chances.
You'll find sympathy somewhere between syphilis and suicide in the dictionary.

Actually sympathy comes before both syphilis and suicide in the dictionary.

You beat me to it. If Parry wants sympathy he'll find it in the dictionary between shit & syphilis.

[holden78]

Sorry gentlemen and Dedja, he'll be back for finals after being reinstated, with a last chance.
This was assessed 12 months ago as a possibility and you'll find it's because of the retrospective nature of it that he'll get that chance.
Oh by the way Dedja, got your usual 4 week SANFL finals tickets? See you there as always heh Pussycats

[Look Good In Leather]

If Parry has not been advised of being close to reaching deregistration, he 'can not' be deregistered. This is written in the rules and I'm lead to believe after reading them afl players 'can not' be deregistered, but their games suspension halved.

All clubs have been aware of the new rul

[Booney]

Sorry gentlemen and Dedja, he'll be back for finals after being reinstated, with a last chance.
This was assessed 12 months ago as a possibility and you'll find it's because of the retrospective nature of it that he'll get that chance.
Oh by the way Dedja, got your usual 4 week SANFL finals tickets? See you there as always heh Pussycats

So they were anticipating him getting suspended again?

[Jim05]

Sorry gentlemen and Dedja, he'll be back for finals after being reinstated, with a last chance.
This was assessed 12 months ago as a possibility and you'll find it's because of the retrospective nature of it that he'll get that chance.
Oh by the way Dedja, got your usual 4 week SANFL finals tickets? See you there as always heh Pussycats

Cool hopefully the opposition can bait him into getting done again.
Hopefully someone gives him a nice little whack behind play

[Jim05]

Sorry gentlemen and Dedja, he'll be back for finals after being reinstated, with a last chance.
This was assessed 12 months ago as a possibility and you'll find it's because of the retrospective nature of it that he'll get that chance.
Oh by the way Dedja, got your usual 4 week SANFL finals tickets? See you there as always heh Pussycats

So they were anticipating him getting suspended again?

He is like a ticking time bomb, only a matter of time.
Will give him a dozen games before he does it again

[FlyingHigh]

If Parry has not been advised of being close to reaching deregistration, he 'can not' be deregistered. This is written in the rules and I'm lead to believe after reading them afl players 'can not' be deregistered, but their games suspension halved.

All clubs have been aware of the new rul

Killa, is there a technicality that the player needs to be informed individually by the league when he reaches a certain number of games? And maybe this hasn't happened, hence the appeal? Only surmising.

[SDK]

Always liked Parry as a player and he seems decent enough except for his white line fever.
Not sure a law can apply retrospectively unless that retrospectivity is specifically mentioned in the law.
I think he will get off this time on that basis.

[MatteeG]

Cool hopefully the opposition can bait him into getting done again.
Hopefully someone gives him a nice little whack behind play

You'd think he'd be target #1 if he is allowed to play on..... I'd be instructing my side to rip into him.

[RB]

Will give him a dozen games before he does it again

That's OK. We can win the flag in 3. Next year doesn't matter and I'd expect he'd retire from the SANFL at the end of the season anyway.

[Cambridge Clarrie]

What a ridiculous rule this is.

To deregister a player for a series of minor indiscretions is a joke.

Maybe once you reach a certain threshold, each suspension carries a double penalty (i.e. 3 weeks = 6 weeks, etc.) would be fairer.

[dedja]

Sorry gentlemen and Dedja, he'll be back for finals after being reinstated, with a last chance.
This was assessed 12 months ago as a possibility and you'll find it's because of the retrospective nature of it that he'll get that chance.
Oh by the way Dedja, got your usual 4 week SANFL finals tickets? See you there as always heh Pussycats

So they were anticipating him getting suspended again?

So you've single handedly decided he'll get another chance? The SANFL don't get a say?

I was at last year's GF VB Commodore, were you there?

First your club disappears and turns into a mongrel, and now your livelihood will be gone when Holdens closes its doors soon.

Pretty unlucky bastard mate ...

[Killa]

If Parry has not been advised of being close to reaching deregistration, he 'can not' be deregistered. This is written in the rules and I'm lead to believe after reading them afl players 'can not' be deregistered, but their games suspension halved.

All clubs have been aware of the new rul

Killa, is there a technicality that the player needs to be informed individually by the league when he reaches a certain number of games? And maybe this hasn't happened, hence the appeal? Only surmising.

I research this after an sgfl player is close to 16 games limit. The sanfl needs to inform Parry in writing, 'informing he is getting close to being deregistered' . 'If', this process was not completed, he can not be deregistered.

[dedja]

Better send the RSPCA out to Woodville Oval, lots of unwanted kittens being abandoned ...

[Doddy]

How would this work if Dustin Fletcher played for the Crows? If he got dropped, he wouldn't be allowed to play in their reserves team in the SANFL - or if he could, then he's getting a different set of rules than everyone else. If this happened to Parry next year, it may not have been a problem.

As it is, glad to see the back of him.

[Doddy]

The rule itself is a reasonable idea. We don't want guys who can't control themselves on a footy field,

... unless they are twin brothers?

I didn't realise the Stringers were twins.

[Jimmy_041]

Still in shock on hearing this. Whatever your thoughts on the player, it's an unbelievably harsh penalty on the team, being one of our best players, and IMO the best ruckman in the league. They surely can't have pleaded guilty if they'd known he'd be deregistered. No matter what your thoughts are on Craig Parry, 16 wks suspension in my view doesn't merit a lifetime ban. Why on earth is it 16 in the SANFL if it's 32 in the AFL?

"Harsh penalty" - that's the whole idea.
"One of your better players, and maybe best ruckman in the league" - irrelevant.
This sniper has had plenty of chances.
You'll find sympathy somewhere between syphilis and suicide in the dictionary.

Actually sympathy comes before both syphilis and suicide in the dictionary.

Actually it does come between them in the dictionary - you just have to be cixelsyd

[Ian]

How would this work if Dustin Fletcher played for the Crows? If he got dropped, he wouldn't be allowed to play in their reserves team in the SANFL - or if he could, then he's getting a different set of rules than everyone else. If this happened to Parry next year, it may not have been a problem.

As it is, glad to see the back of him.

Only 50% of suspensions while in the AFL count, 1/2 of 20 is 10 games, he would still get to play in any comp when finished in the AFL

[Doddy]

How would this work if Dustin Fletcher played for the Crows? If he got dropped, he wouldn't be allowed to play in their reserves team in the SANFL - or if he could, then he's getting a different set of rules than everyone else. If this happened to Parry next year, it may not have been a problem.

As it is, glad to see the back of him.

Only 50% of suspensions while in the AFL count, 1/2 of 16 is 8 games, he would still get to play in any comp when finished in the AFL

Thanks for that Ian. Then if he got suspended playing SANFL? No halving of that I'd expect.

Jeez, Steven Baker and Daryl White must have had a lot of AFL suspensions. They were deregistered pretty soon after leaving the AFL.