matt35 wrote:The bottom line here is that this was an absolutely common sense decision by the SANFL. CEY has missed two SANFL games all season and replaced a suspended player otherwise it would have been one. The permit system is in place for exactly this sort of situation, so it is completely within the rules and by no means an abuse of the system. Absolutely the right and logical call.
Logical if you see things purely from a Crows point of view.
Moreover, what are the criteria that the SANFL have to consider in making such a decision, and more importantly, what is the league's justification for overturning CEY's ineligibility? Surely it's not an automatic approval simply based on the request of the Crows. Centrals must have some right of reply. They must be afforded procedural fairness, the right to at least plead their case that the addition of CEY is unwarranted given the Crows must be presumed to have known the effect of picking him against West Coast, and now want to have their cake and eat it too.