Cotch reported and cops 4 weeks!!! [update: appeal fails]

[tony_montana]

Dr Mitropoulos stated that when he left the field following the collision, Wright had complained of a sore jaw and cheekbone.





http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/98624/default.aspx

Hang on a sec, impact was from behind wtf does that have to do with a sore jaw and cheekbone?

[TigerTimeII]

hey ramps, nths doctor is greek. he is a disgrace to all greeks


hille gets off always bec everyone knows he is a girl;  

[Infamy]

I can't believe it
I mean I can believe it, but I can't

The fact that Walker got off with a reprimand but Cotchin gets 4 weeks is just staggering

The administrators of this game are officially screwed

[the_boy_jake]

Since when were the Greeks experts on impact from behind?....

Oh, wait.....

[WilliamPowell]

I can't believe it
I mean I can believe it, but I can't

The fact that Walker got off with a reprimand but Cotchin gets 4 weeks is just staggering

The administrators of this game are officially screwed

Summed it up perfectly Infamy

Staggering decision

[TigerTimeII]

Since when were the Greeks experts on impact from behind?....

Oh, wait.....

gold

[mightytiges]

Cotchin’s player advocate, Michael Tovey QC, argued that Wright could have been concussed when he hit the ground, but the tribunal disagreed and ruled that Cotchin’s shoulder had struck Wright’s head.

If Cotchin's shoulder had hit Wright's head then it would've been the back of the head as the collision was from behind. So would the tribunal care to explain how did Wright ended up with a sore jaw rather than a sore back of the head  ???. Must have been a magic bullet hip and shoulder leapt from a grassy knoll  .

[Owl]

Maybe hes a stuffing picasso painting coz I cant figure it out either MT....

[Judge Roughneck]

Tank

[Go Richo 12]

Tank

I think the word "tank" should be a word that is blocked by the swear filter!

[TigerLand]

I can't understand how a legal entity failed to prove Trents case...

Whats embarrassing is sanctions are determined on the injury sustained by the opponent. Which is completely wrong.

Trent gets suspended for 4 weeks cause he hit Sam Wright who is the size of a water bottle. Yet if it were Campbell Brown or Jim Bartel they would have got straight up laughing and nothing would have happened.

Did no-one think to bring up that if Trent elected to go to wrap up Wright that it would have been 50 metres cause he wasnt in the contact? Whats he meant to do run past him with his inertia and let him play on? I'm sick of it.

I'm sick of the AFL being so reactive and shifting the target audience to 5 year old kids and Mums. Its a contact sport.

In todays game Matthew Whealan would have been reported for negligent contact to Nathan Browns broken leg. Its pathetic.

Well said Daniel Jackson. The game is a pussy sport, thanks to everyones favourite stay at home dad Demetiou...

[FooffooValve]

I can't understand how a legal entity failed to prove Trents case...


Did no-one think to bring up that if Trent elected to go to wrap up Wright that it would have been 50 metres cause he wasnt in the contact? Whats he meant to do run past him with his inertia and let him play on? I'm sick of it.

Four weeks seems very harsh, but you are kidding yourself if you think that Trent had no option but to barrel Wright. Let's be honest, he lined him up and put him down, and had the option to pull up or make it look like an attempted spoil.

So...the current rule, whether we like it or not, is that if you elect to bump and have other options, then you must be prepared to run the risk of doing incidental or accidental damage to your opponent, and paying the consequences.

Should have taken the 3 in the current climate, even though it is clear that the initial contact wasn't high.

[wayne]

Four weeks seems very harsh, but you are kidding yourself if you think that Trent had no option but to barrel Wright. Let's be honest, he lined him up and put him down, and had the option to pull up or make it look like an attempted spoil.

So...the current rule, whether we like it or not, is that if you elect to bump and have other options, then you must be prepared to run the risk of doing incidental or accidental damage to your opponent, and paying the consequences.

Should have taken the 3 in the current climate, even though it is clear that the initial contact wasn't high.

Trent wasn't trying to get off, I think he deserved some weeks, he was trying to get it downgraded.

It was classed as high contact, but he didn't touch his head. That's the problem here.

[FooffooValve]

It was classed as high contact, but he didn't touch his head. That's the problem here.

And that's the point I'm making...under this rule, if you elect to bump when you have other options, and the other player ends up concussed — whether accidental or not — then you are going to get a decent suspension. It doesn't matter whether you actually make contact high...you could bump him into the fence, but if you had another option, you'll go.

[one-eyed]

High contact?  ???