Selwood loses appeal at Tribunal
June 11th 2008 00:32
West Coast Eagles defender Adam Selwood has been unsuccessful in having his sentence reduced at the AFL Tribunal.
Selwood appealed the decision to clear his squeaky-clean record for striking Sydney's Amon Buchanan, and ran the gauntlet of the appleals board.
Originally, due to his good behaviour, Selwood was given a reprimand and received 93.75 demerit points, 6.25 points under what is required to be rubbed out for a match.
The three-man jury decided that the contact to Buchanan's head was high and more than negligible.
"I'm disappointed obviously in the decision and disappointed in losing my good behaviour record but we'll just move on and so be it," Selwood said after the hearing.
Suspension was not at risk, and he will line up against Essendon.
In other Tribunal results, the debate still continues over whether Buchanan's team-mate, Adam Goodes, should have gone up and fronted the Tribunal, after his case was thrown out.
Sydney coach Paul Roos threw out the idea that Goodes was a "protected species", as he is one of the stars of the game.
"He's been reported and effectively he's been suspended for a game. So if that's being protected, it's being protected," Roos said.
"The fact is, the way the system reads, the penalty points from last year actually go after 12 months. So I wouldn't be having a go at Adam. If you want to have a go at him, have a go at the system."
The dual Brownlow Medallist is set to play his 203rd consecutive match for the Swans, nearing Melbourne's Jim Stynes previous record set only a decade ago. He is no longer in contention for this year's Medal, as he has been cited for the third time in a year.
"It's pretty straightforward, once you've been reported you look up the category and we felt it'd be 100 or so points," added Roos.
"Originally we thought he had those carry-over points from last year so we were probably bracing ourselves for him being out for a week which we probably thought was appropriate for what he did.
"But once we realised he didn't have the carry-over points, he hasn't got them and he's got an early plea and he'll play this week. I guess it seems reasonably fair when you look at the system."
Fremantle's Heath Black accepted a two-week suspension for striking Selwood's brother and Brisbane player, Troy, in their clash on Sunday.
Black's contact was deemed to be intentional, medium impact and high contact, which originally resulted in 325 demerit points and a three-week ban. But the Docker's non-existant record and early guilty plea brought the sanction down 25 percent to 243.75 points, and thus, a two-week reprieve.
Collingwood's Travis Cloke has been cited by the League's match review panel for headbutting Melbourne's Matthew Warnock in Monday's Queen's Birthday clash.
Cloke can accept a reprimand and pocket 93.75 points after his clash with Warnock was seen as reckless, low impact, and high contact, meaning the forward is set to miss a game.
The usual penalty for 125 demerit points is a one-match suspension, but with no existing record Cloke can reduce it by 25 percent to 93.75.
Western Bulldog Ben Hudson accepted a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record for striking St Kilda's Leigh Montagna.
Selwood appealed the decision to clear his squeaky-clean record for striking Sydney's Amon Buchanan, and ran the gauntlet of the appleals board.
Originally, due to his good behaviour, Selwood was given a reprimand and received 93.75 demerit points, 6.25 points under what is required to be rubbed out for a match.
The three-man jury decided that the contact to Buchanan's head was high and more than negligible.
"I'm disappointed obviously in the decision and disappointed in losing my good behaviour record but we'll just move on and so be it," Selwood said after the hearing.
Suspension was not at risk, and he will line up against Essendon.
In other Tribunal results, the debate still continues over whether Buchanan's team-mate, Adam Goodes, should have gone up and fronted the Tribunal, after his case was thrown out.
Sydney coach Paul Roos threw out the idea that Goodes was a "protected species", as he is one of the stars of the game.
"He's been reported and effectively he's been suspended for a game. So if that's being protected, it's being protected," Roos said.
"The fact is, the way the system reads, the penalty points from last year actually go after 12 months. So I wouldn't be having a go at Adam. If you want to have a go at him, have a go at the system."
The dual Brownlow Medallist is set to play his 203rd consecutive match for the Swans, nearing Melbourne's Jim Stynes previous record set only a decade ago. He is no longer in contention for this year's Medal, as he has been cited for the third time in a year.
"It's pretty straightforward, once you've been reported you look up the category and we felt it'd be 100 or so points," added Roos.
"Originally we thought he had those carry-over points from last year so we were probably bracing ourselves for him being out for a week which we probably thought was appropriate for what he did.
"But once we realised he didn't have the carry-over points, he hasn't got them and he's got an early plea and he'll play this week. I guess it seems reasonably fair when you look at the system."
Fremantle's Heath Black accepted a two-week suspension for striking Selwood's brother and Brisbane player, Troy, in their clash on Sunday.
Black's contact was deemed to be intentional, medium impact and high contact, which originally resulted in 325 demerit points and a three-week ban. But the Docker's non-existant record and early guilty plea brought the sanction down 25 percent to 243.75 points, and thus, a two-week reprieve.
Collingwood's Travis Cloke has been cited by the League's match review panel for headbutting Melbourne's Matthew Warnock in Monday's Queen's Birthday clash.
Cloke can accept a reprimand and pocket 93.75 points after his clash with Warnock was seen as reckless, low impact, and high contact, meaning the forward is set to miss a game.
The usual penalty for 125 demerit points is a one-match suspension, but with no existing record Cloke can reduce it by 25 percent to 93.75.
Western Bulldog Ben Hudson accepted a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record for striking St Kilda's Leigh Montagna.
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