overs wrote:The Adelaide Footy League has also deregistered Stengle — the league’s division one best and fairest in 2011 — for exceeding its 12-game suspension threshold.
Last night’s ban was Stengle’s first in the Adelaide Footy League but he received a six-match suspension for striking while playing for Central District’s reserves in 2005.
Stengle can move to another competition because he has not reached the 16-game threshold of football’s national deregistration policy that has been adopted by the SANFL and many country leagues..
I understand i'm the minority here, but is it time the league revisited either its 12 game threshold, or the severity of its suspensions? This is a good example of how severe it is - a player who hasn't received a suspension for 13yrs, who copped his suspension in the reserves of league footy - completely different competition - a player who has won a league medal and been an compliant member of the competition is now deregistered following one single incident in the comp.. seems bit extreme to me.
Strangely enough, suspensions don't carry over to AFL, and there is no threshold, but if they come back from those levels their suspensions count - it's stupid. AFL and SANFL suspensions shouldn't count in ammo footy, and if they do then they should also count at those levels.