an accidental head clash which causes serious injury whilst blocking a players path to the ball (re: Gia on Kosi / Whelan on Ball) is OK if you are within 5 - 10 metres of the ball.
whereas
an accidental head clash which causes serious injury whilst blocking a players path to the ball (re: Baker on Farmer) is NOT OK if you are NOT within 5 - 10 metres of the ball.
In effect if Baker's appeal fails this what the AFL are saying
The shocking injuries that both Kosi and Ball received were by the length of the Flemington straight far worse than the crappy blood nose that Farmer sustained
YET
due to the fact they were 50 metres off the ball ACCIDENTAL suddenly becomes ROUGH CONDUCT / ON PURPOSE / INTENTIONAL / PLANNED / CONTRIVED
Fair enough I will be the first to say that Baker illegally blocked Farmer's path to the ball (warranting a free kick) but to absolutely screw Baker because they accidentally clashed heads is a jucking foke.
That said Baker should not be in the situation he is in because our defence counsel should never have allowed Baker to admit that he illegally blocked Farmer. All he had to say was that he was running watching the ball, he stopped and suddenly Farmer ran into the back of him and they clashed heads. It seriously seems that our defence cousel did not do their homework with regards to AFL rules and it sadly seems that the majority of us would have done a better job in defending his Baker's actions!!!!!
One very confused and rightly p1ssed off Devilhead
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