{"id":385783,"date":"2024-04-17T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=385783"},"modified":"2024-04-17T20:04:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T20:04:06","slug":"lloyds-confusion-around-lions-shock-tribunal-outcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=385783","title":{"rendered":"Lloyd's confusion around Lion's shock tribunal outcome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matthew Lloyd<\/a> admitted he's "confused"\ufeff after Brisbane Lions goal sneak Charlie Cameron had his sling tackle ban on Dee Jake Lever downgraded to a fine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Lions goal sneak is now free to play against Geelong at the Gabba in their round six clash on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

His tackle, which was originally graded\ufeff as careless conduct, medium impact and high contact, was then downgraded to low impact due to "exceptional and compelling circumstances"<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Cameron also has a clean record, which the tribunal took into account when downgrading the charge.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Over his 207 games, he has never been slapped with a ban, but has paid five fines, three of them for rough conduct charges, similar to his most recent.<\/p>\n

\"Charlie<\/p>\n

AFL champion Eddie Betts provided a character reference for Cameron.<\/p>\n

The Lions also argued that Cameron is smaller than Lever, meaning his impact could be downgraded to low, considering the Demons defender did not require a HIA or miss any game time after the tackle.\ufeff<\/p>\n

The use of character references has confused Lloyd, who says the make up of a player off field has nothing to do with an act they pull off on the football field.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I think don't bring in the character reference in\ufeff," Lloyd said on Nine's Footy Classified<\/em> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

"I was comfortable with a week, now I'm really confused\ufeff."<\/p>\n

As a solution, Jimmy Bartel and Damien Barrett called on the AFL to revamp their match review \ufeffprocess.<\/p>\n

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"I don't think there's \ufeffever been as much confusion as ever in what is and isn't allowed when it comes to the protection of the head," Barrett said.<\/p>\n

Barrett suggested that the league look to \ufeffclose good character loopholes, remove Michael Christian as MRO boss and give the role to someone full-time, as well as scrap the appeals board of the AFL Tribunal.<\/p>\n

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"The character reference. I was under the impression that character references were not allowed. They were allowed last night under Adrian Anderson's defence of Charlie Cameron, who was said to have had a good conduct record," Barrett said.<\/p>\n

Cameron has not been rubbed out, but has received five fines for rough conduct charges of the football field.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"That's not a clean record. There hasn't been a suspension, but that's not a clean record," Barrett added.<\/p>\n

\"Eddie<\/p>\n

Bartel proposed another way the league can ensure fair punishments are handed out for particular acts, such as the sling tackle.<\/p>\n

"It's easy to look at an incident and go 'that's a football act'. The non-football acts we look at a week (suspension) and move our way up. Then a little bit more leniency for the football ones (acts)," Bartel said.<\/p>\n

Brisbane will take on Geelong with Cameron in their side at the Gabba on Saturday night.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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