Adelaide may enchantment the three-match ban given to ahead Shane McAdam because the fallout continues from the first-round flashpoint.
The Crows have till midday on Wednesday to lodge any enchantment after McAdam expressed disappointment with the three-match suspension.
McAdam was suspended for tough conduct for his bump on GWS’ Jacob Wehr.
“It was never my intention to harm Jacob (Wehr) and I am glad that he didn’t sustain any injury,” McAdam stated.
“I am disappointed with the outcome of the tribunal and understand the club will consider any avenue to appeal the decision.”
McAdam’s ban follows a two-game suspension to Melbourne’s Kysaiah Pickett for the same bump which felled Western Bulldog Bailey Smith.
The Crows, of their defence of McAdam at Tuesday night time’s tribunal listening to, used video of Pickett’s hit.
The star Demon accepted a ban and averted a tribunal listening to together with his bump graded by match overview officer Michael Christian on a decrease scale than McAdam’s.
Tribunal chairman Jeff Gleeson, when asserting McAdam’s ban, famous the Pickett bump.
“There appears to be a slightly more glancing aspect to the impact than occurred here,” he stated.
“If we are wrong about that, we note that the guidelines say that we are not bound by the examples.
“And it ought not be assumed that we’d essentially grade impression within the Pickett matter as excessive impression, and never extreme.
“We emphasise however that we have not and should not considered all of the evidence in that matter.”
Adelaide’s Tom Duggan QC advised the tribunal there was no extreme head contact when McAdam mainly made contact with Wehr’s chest and shoulder, dispossessing the Giant of the ball.
“In that sense, it’s entirely legitimate for a bump to be made … it’s perfectly fine,” Duggan advised the listening to.
“This is clearly not a high bump because it doesn’t in any way involve the head.
“Yes it was a troublesome bump however … it was totally truthful.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
