Dogwatcher wrote:For mine, people talk about the penalty being too high for the sling tackle and it's the result of that which has pushed him over the threshold
But...had he not pushed the umpire (twice), he'd have copped a lesser suspension and still be able to play SAAFL. It's not the sling-tackle penalty which is hurting him.
Agree I hadn't seen the footage which showed the second push before
I think it's a very fair deciscion from the tribunal to adjudge that his contact with the umpire was deliberate