Cheap Seats wrote:Can anyone from Langhorne Creek believe Riley Clamp was allowed to play tonight? Surely there will be an investigation lodged.
Rule 15.4 Clearly states- Any player granted a permit under Regulation 15.2 (Applications are to be lodged with the nominated representative from the SANFL) shall only represent one (1) club on any given weekend. He played for the Crows on Saturday?
The Regs were updated in Nov 22 and Reg 15 alone is an example of the Regs still being outdated or poorly drafted. Reg 15 still refers to Sporting Pulse. The online system hasn’t been called that for at least 6 or 7 years. But the quirk with any game not played on a Saturday or Sunday is the term weekend. The intent of the rule no doubt is ‘the same round’ but Tuesday is not the weekend so the loophole has been created by a lack of lateral thinking around the possibility of games being played other than on the weekend. Having said that. If the GSFL regularly plays this Anzac game that can occur on a weekday then they should ensure their own Regs close this loophole.