David King wants Broad to cop 6 weeks.
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‘That’s a six weeker’: Great calls for HUGE ban for brutal ‘car crash’ AFL tackleBen Cotton
Fox Sports
March 26th, 2023 11:15 pmNorth Melbourne legend David King has called for the AFL to draw a line in the sand and hit Richmond defender Nathan Broad with a massive a six-week ban for his brutal sling tackle on Adelaide’s Patrick Parnell.
Both Broad and Port Adelaide’s Ryan Burton copped heavy penalties for their dangerous tackles on the weekend. Broad was referred directly to the tribunal, while Burton copped two weeks for rough conduct on Collingwood’s Jamie Elliott.
Broad’s tackle was more severe, slinging Parnell into the turf on the sidelines after play was dead in Saturday’s Adelaide Oval clash and leaving the Crows youngster concussed.
The incident was graded as careless with severe impact and high contact — the maximum charge.
Speaking on Fox Footy’s First Crack, King labelled Broad’s tackle a “horrific incident” and a “car crash,” saying he’d be “really disappointed” if it only results in a three or four week ban.
“We’ve got one chance to stamp this out, and unfortunately, Nathan Broad and the Richmond footy club have to pay a price. That’s a six weeker for me,” the dual premiership Kangaroo said.
“You have to say: ‘Guys, you know the rules.’
“We stuffed this up with the bump totally and we’ve got all sorts of trauma with past players and we’ll be court for all sorts of reasons and all sort sorts of finances will drift out of the game.
“But players know with this one, they know when they’ve got a guy cold. That poor young fella there — Patrick Parnell — we can’t say what his injury is today.
“Because he doesn’t have a broken arm or broken leg, the trauma he’s going to suffer is down the track potentially. The game now has to get this right, you’ve got one chance, don’t stuff this up.
“If you give that six weeks, it will not happen again for the year. The grading was careless, high and severe — that’s the max. So don’t tiptoe through this one.”
As King alluded to, it comes as a widespread of past players have recently launched lawsuits against the AFL due to the ongoing effects from concussions sustained during their playing days.
The Kangaroos great suggested tackles like Broad’s and Burton’s were “history repeating” and believes it’s time to make a stand against them once and for all for the welfare of players.
“We’ve gone through three years of talking about head trauma and eradicating the bump. The sling is the next war,” he added.
“We had week one where we tiptoed and we didn’t really get it right — we’re still not getting it right in terms of suspension — to have a deterrent that absolutely says to players: ‘No grey area here.’
“We have a prime opportunity right now to take this out of our game. This has been given two weeks.
“I don’t care what you say. As an AFL player, once you know you’ve pinned the arm, it is a duty of car to look after that player you’ve got.”
Former Hawthorn sharpshooter and fellow First Crack panellist Ben Dixon agreed with King, emphasising the duty of care from a tackler when they pin an opponent’s arms.
“We play a contact sport, it’s not a collision sport,” he said.
“When the arms are pinned, the duty of care is the tackler — the lift, the arm and the spin — it’s just not what they teach now.
“So that’s a forceful action and Kingy’s spot on the money — the head trauma is not there right now, it’s later.”
Dual All-Australian Leigh Montagna added: “In my opinion, getting your head slammed into the turf is worse than getting bumped.
“Round 1 it was bump week, Round 2 it’s the sling (tackle). Hopefully now after the first two rounds, every player is on notice and understands (the repercussions).”
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