Adelaide ahead Shane McAdam will entrance the AFL Tribunal in an early season flashpoint for the league’s match evaluation system.
McAdam faces not less than a three-match ban for his hit which floored GWS’ Jacob Wehr, with the Crow despatched on to the tribunal.
The case will likely be heard by the three-person tribunal from Tuesday afternoon, the AFL has confirmed.
Some gamers and commentators are claiming inconsistency when evaluating McAdam’s act with an analogous bump from Kysaiah Pickett which resulted in a two-game ban for the Melbourne star.
Match evaluation officer Michael Christian graded McAdam’s bump as extreme impression, careless conduct, and excessive contact.
Pickett has accepted a two-game suspension for a bump graded as excessive impression, careless conduct and excessive contact.
Adelaide might search to deliver Pickett’s bump on Bulldog Bailey Smith into McAdam’s listening to given the similarities.
In each circumstances, the respective victims continued enjoying.
Sydney megastar Lance Franklin accepted a one-match ban for his bump on Gold Coast backman Sam Collins, which was graded as careless conduct, medium impression and excessive contact.
Collingwood stalwart Scott Pendlebury was amongst these calling for change within the match evaluation system, arguing gamers ought to be punished for his or her act, not the end result.
West Coast’s Tom Barrass (putting, $2000 nice) and Port Adelaide’s Darcy Byrne-Jones (tripping, $1000) additionally took sanctions from the opening spherical.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
