MRP - Addison Two Weeks, reduced to One with guilty plea

[bornadog]

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ESSENDON'S Leroy Jetta, Western Bulldogs defender Dylan Addison and Greater Western Sydney midfielder Toby Greene have all been offered one-match suspension after being cited by the match review panel.

Jetta was booked for striking Richmond backman Dylan Grimes during the Bombers' 19-point win at the MCG on Saturday night.

The speedy small forward was also cited for staging after he took a dive to try and win a free kick shortly after booting a goal during the second quarter.

Even with an early guilty plea, Jetta will still miss Saturday night's clash with GWS at Skoda Stadium.

However, he can accept a written reprimand for the staging charge because it is the first time he has been cited for such an offence.

Addison was booked for striking Gold Coast midfielder Harley Bennell during the first quarter of the Bulldogs' win in Darwin on Saturday night.

Addison's initial penalty was a two-match suspension, but if he pleads guilty the ban is reduced to one.

Greene has been charged with engaging in rough conduct Brisbane Lions defender Jed Adcock during the last quarter of the Giants' big loss at the Gabba on Sunday.

If Greene chooses to contest the charge, he faces a two-match ban.

North Melbourne veteran Brent Harvey can accept a reprimand after he was cited for striking Port Adelaide youngster Chad Wingard during the third quarter of the Kangaroos' shock loss to the Power on Saturday.

Despite Greene and Harvey receiving the same number of activation points (five), rough conduct is deemed to be a more serious offence than striking, drawing a bigger penalty.

His teammate, Lindsay Thomas, faces a $900 fine for making an obscene gesture towards the crowd during the second quarter.

Port's Jackson Trengove can accept a reprimand for the front-on bump he laid on North's Kieran Harper during the final quarter of the same game.

And West Coast midfielder Daniel Kerr was booked for making negligent contact with an umpire (Chris Donlon) during the last quarter of the Eagles' five-goal win over St Kilda at Patersons Stadium on Sunday.

He will be fined $900 fine if he pleads guilty.

[chef]

He should feel a bit foolish as there was no need for it and he's letting down his team mates.

[ratsmac]

The MRP are a joke! How does Addison get 2 weeks and Boomer Harvey gets a reprimand? Are they for real? Addison's little bump just got Bennell in the sweet spot and it happened to wind him. Not worth 2 weeks. I know it gets reduced to 1 with an early plea, but sheesh. How many of these type of bumps happen each and every week? Disgraceful.

I hope they challenge.

[chef]

The MRP are a joke! How does Addison get 2 weeks and Boomer Harvey gets a reprimand? Are they for real? Addison's little bump just got Bennell in the sweet spot and it happened to wind him. Not worth 2 weeks. I know it gets reduced to 1 with an early plea, but sheesh. How many of these type of bumps happen each and every week? Disgraceful.

I hope they challenge.

Having to leave the field for a period of time because of a behind the play bump doesn't help Addison's cause. You just can't do that any more.

[LostDoggy]

Having to leave the field for a period of time because of a behind the play bump doesn't help Addison's cause. You just can't do that any more.

Be that as it may, ratsmac is right about the inconsistency though -- how is Dylan's two weeks and Boomer's straight punch to the side of a guy's head a reprimand?

Beyond a joke these days.

[Bulldog Joe]

It is disgraceful and clearly certain high profile players get preferred treatment. I'm sure we all remember Judd having no case to answer after breaking Pav's nose with a deliberate elbow.

Addison is being penalised because his opponent was so soft and Dermie and Shaw had to make a thing of it.

[chef]

Be that as it may, ratsmac is right about the inconsistency though -- how is Dylan's two weeks and Boomer's straight punch to the side of a guy's head a reprimand?
Beyond a joke these days.

Did the guy that Boomer punch have to leave the field and was the ball in the area?

[chef]

It is disgraceful and clearly certain high profile players get preferred treatment. I'm sure we all remember Judd having no case to answer after breaking Pav's nose with a deliberate elbow.

Addison is being penalised because his opponent was so soft and Dermie and Shaw had to make a thing of it.

Getting winded(from a cheap shot) makes you soft?

[Maddog37]

The major issue is that it was behind play. Simply can't do it.
Bennell is soft as butter though and it hindered his performance so I can understand DFAs intention.

Shame really as he is becoming more and more reliable.

[Doc26]

Not condoning Dylan's action on Bennell and agree with Chef on this but how Harvey's strike on Wingard can be assessed as reckless rather than intentional is just wrong. Harvey was having another shocker of a day and his action was borne out of built up frustration from having little to no positive influence. His action was more than reckless. The subjectivity in the detrmination of what is reckless and intentional continues to be baffling.

[Bulldog Joe]

Getting winded(from a cheap shot) makes you soft?

Getting winded isn't soft, but going to ground and staying there for an extended period is definitely soft.

[chef]

Getting winded isn't soft, but going to ground and staying there for an extended period is definitely soft.

He had to be removed from the ground.

[BulldogBelle]

So now the precedent of "having to be removed from the ground" as a determining factor for suspension is set. I play soccer, and believe me, you'll see similar antics if trends like this are to continue as the years pass.

[Remi Moses]

Agree Dylan had to be suspended, but the Harvey decision is disgraceful!
Gutless little diver punches a guy on the ground and gets off!
Chooklotto

[AndrewP6]

I think regardless of whether or not Bennell is soft, the more ludicrous decision is giving Harvey a reprimand.

[Ghost Dog]

Not condoning Dylan's action on Bennell and agree with Chef on this but how Harvey's strike on Wingard can be assessed as reckless rather than intentional is just wrong. Harvey was having another shocker of a day and his action was borne out of built up frustration from having little to no positive influence. His action was more than reckless. The subjectivity in the detrmination of what is reckless and intentional continues to be baffling.

Harvey was good player in the past but seems to be involved in off the ball stuff more than ever of late and maybe it's age catching up on him. I guess It was a clip, rather than a full force blow. I agree he should have gotten a week. I thought the head was sacrosanct?

My guess is Dylan didn't mean to have the bloke taken off the ground.
Is Jetta the first or second player to be cited for staging? Wasn't Chad Cornes the first?

[Bulldog Joe]

He had to be removed from the ground.

Which just highlights how soft he is.

Plenty of players get much more serious things and refuse to go off. Not many need to be helped off after being winded.

[G-Mo77]

Harvey was good player in the past but seems to be involved in off the ball stuff more than ever of late and maybe it's age catching up on him.

What off the ball stuff is this? Crying to the umpires? Falling over? He's a piss weak little turd and the only reasons he's throwing weak punches at kids is because they can't retaliate. There wouldn't be a player in the AFL who couldn't kick his ass.

Can you tell I love Harvey. :D

[chef]

Which just highlights how soft he is.

Plenty of players get much more serious things and refuse to go off. Not many need to be helped off after being winded.

Still Addison's fault for doing it in the first place. It was just stupid and didn't needed to be done.

[jeemak]

I don't know enough about Bennell to determine whether he's a soft player, whether he's into dramatising impact or whatever. The way he fell looked a bit odd to me, though suggesting he's soft is out of line, IMO.

I use the Campbell Brown and Ward case from last year as a good example of the descrepancy between what the MRP determines to be in play, off the ball, reckless intentional etc one week, versus the next. If Brown had have had a good record he'd have been entitled to the same penalty as Addision received for his hit on Bennell.

Not sour grapes, just a really good example of the inconsistency that exists.

[azabob]

nd.
Is Jetta the first or second player to be cited for staging? Wasn't Chad Cornes the first?

Jetta is the first to cited or reported. Cornes and another player have been giving warnings.

[Ghost Dog]

Jetta is the first to cited or reported. Cornes and another player have been giving warnings.

Hang that around your neck for the rest of your career if you will sir!:D

[Drunken Bum]

How is it that Addison has been reported for striking? It was a bump not striking, I really hope we contest this

[bornadog]

Still Addison's fault for doing it in the first place. It was just stupid and didn't needed to be done.

But that sort of thing happens all the time in a game, it just happens this time Addison caught him in the wrong spot.

[chef]

But that sort of thing happens all the time in a game, it just happens this time Addison caught him in the wrong spot.

I guess that's the chance you take.

[Mantis]

Which just highlights how soft he is.

Plenty of players get much more serious things and refuse to go off. Not many need to be helped off after being winded.

So you've never been winded before?

Stupid act by Dylan, has let himself and the team down.

[LostDoggy]

Did the guy that Boomer punch have to leave the field and was the ball in the area?

You misunderstand my point. Dylan deserves to be suspended, but so does Boomer.

Btw, I know that there must be some way to determine impact, but the result on the 'victim' shouldn't be it: some guys can take a punch better than others, doesn't make the punch any better or worse.

The punishment has to be for the intent of the action, not the result. I mean, if you consider a suspension 'punishment' to the aggressor and 'justice' for the victim, by using the victim's reaction as the barometer, you're basically penalising the victim for being tough. If you're smart and want your tagger to get suspended for a long time the system is creating an incentive to stay down after any reportable offence.

I mean, Callan Ward was basically stupid to bounce straight back up after Brown's elbow last year. If he had stayed down just another 2 or 3 minutes Brown would have gotten 8 weeks.

[bornadog]

Addison has accepted the one match ban - silly boy

[KT31]

Addison has accepted the one match ban - silly boy

More like a lucky boy.

[Bulldog Joe]

So you've never been winded before?
Stupid act by Dylan, has let himself and the team down.

Had the wind knocked out of me on more than one occasion in my football life.

NEVER EVER EVER had to be helped from the ground because of it.

[Hotdog60]

Had the wind knocked out of me on more than one occasion in my football life.

NEVER EVER EVER had to be helped from the ground because of it.

Yep, suck in the big ones and get on with it.:D