MRP roulette

[mightytiges]

I understand the ruling but how did Cooney get just one week for charging off the line and flattening an opponent with high contact, compared to Vickery and Gibbs both getting two weeks for essentially accidental head contact to an opponent?

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-11/adam-cooney-out-for-one-week-after-eade-evidence

[WilliamPowell]

he should have got at least 2 weeks minimum

They are clearly just making it up as though go

[YellowandBlackBlood]

I understand the ruling but how did Cooney get just one week for charging off the line and flattening an opponent with high contact, compared to Vickery and Gibbs both getting two weeks for essentially accidental head contact to an opponent?

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-11/adam-cooney-out-for-one-week-after-eade-evidence

Vickery got 2 because of his bad record, otherwise it would have been downgraded to one. Still I thought it was a bad decision by the MRP. Accidents are exactly that. He broke Jamison's jaw but the guy only missed a week of football.

[JP Tiger]

Even more mystifying was the MRP deciding they didn't have the right rules to deal with Cooney's incident properly so they handed the case straight to the tribunal - who then gave Cooney 1 week!  Whats up MRP, can't you hand out a 1 week ban by yourselves?   
When I heard it was handed straight to the tribunal I started expecting some real action, like 3-4 weeks or even 5-6, good record & all!  IMO it was the worst head high contact incident with the highest impact of the year, far worse than Gibbs sling tackle & Vickery's accidental head clash.  Can a player break the careless high contact with severe impact rules any more than Cooney did?  Biggest hatchet job since Mark Yeates lined up Dermie in the GF ....     

[one-eyed]

AFL 360 co-host Gerard Whateley has urged AFL football operations manager Mark Evans to appeal Adam Cooney’s “outrageous” suspension.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/mark-evans-needs-to-appeal-adam-cooneys-one-match-suspension-says-gerard-whateley-on-afl360/story-fnp04d70-1227480004705

[Diocletian]

I understand the ruling but how did Cooney get just one week for charging off the line and flattening an opponent with high contact, compared to Vickery and Gibbs both getting two weeks for essentially accidental head contact to an opponent?

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-11/adam-cooney-out-for-one-week-after-eade-evidence

Vickery got 2 because of his bad record, otherwise it would have been downgraded to one. Still I thought it was a bad decision by the MRP. Accidents are exactly that. He broke Jamison's jaw but the guy only missed a week of football.

Preety sure previous records weren't supposed to count this year.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

I understand the ruling but how did Cooney get just one week for charging off the line and flattening an opponent with high contact, compared to Vickery and Gibbs both getting two weeks for essentially accidental head contact to an opponent?

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-11/adam-cooney-out-for-one-week-after-eade-evidence

Vickery got 2 because of his bad record, otherwise it would have been downgraded to one. Still I thought it was a bad decision by the MRP. Accidents are exactly that. He broke Jamison's jaw but the guy only missed a week of football.

Preety sure previous records weren't supposed to count this year.

not quite. Some did and some didn't. Not sure what differentiated the two though.

[WilliamPowell]

I understand the ruling but how did Cooney get just one week for charging off the line and flattening an opponent with high contact, compared to Vickery and Gibbs both getting two weeks for essentially accidental head contact to an opponent?

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-11/adam-cooney-out-for-one-week-after-eade-evidence

Vickery got 2 because of his bad record, otherwise it would have been downgraded to one. Still I thought it was a bad decision by the MRP. Accidents are exactly that. He broke Jamison's jaw but the guy only missed a week of football.

Preety sure previous records weren't supposed to count this year.

not quite. Some did and some didn't. Not sure what differentiated the two though.

There were no points carried over but actual records based on the type of charge/suspensions previously handed out were

It that makes sense

Which is hard I know when we are attempting to discuss the consistency of the MRP

[🏅Dooks]

Careless but not intentional?  Lined him up from 20 paces.

Wot a joke