{"id":86695,"date":"2021-06-17T11:21:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T11:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=86695"},"modified":"2021-06-17T16:04:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T16:04:06","slug":"mackay-escapes-ban-for-monstrous-hit-on-saint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=86695","title":{"rendered":"Mackay escapes ban for monstrous hit on Saint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adelaide veteran David Mackay has avoided suspension on a marathon night at the AFL tribunal over his <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/david-mackay-sent-to-tribunal-for-hit-on-hunter-clark\/aad18d1e-4f48-4287-a6a0-10e849fe7296\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"monstrous hit on St Kilda youngster Hunter Clark\">monstrous hit on St Kilda youngster Hunter Clark<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The AFL, led by prosecutor Jeff Gleeson, had argued that Mackay deserved a three-game ban for last Saturday&#x27;s hit, but he is free to play against Carlton in Round 15.<\/p>\n<p>Adelaide went to great lengths in their defence of Mackay, calling upon Crows data and football analyst Chris Sheedy and biomechanics expert Dr Robert Crowther.<\/p>\n<p>And the desperate pleas paid off, Adelaide managing to convince the tribunal panel &#8211; consisting of Paul Williams, David Neitz and Richard Loveridge &#8211; that the AFL&#x27;s proposed three-week ban was not necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the tribunal settled the hearing with the following words from chairman Geoff Giudice: &quot;The conduct was not unreasonable.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Mackay&#x27;s right shoulder collided with Clark&#x27;s face as the Crow and Saint hurtled toward the footy at extreme speeds from opposite ends of Cazaly&#x27;s Stadium in Cairns, leaving Clark with two fractures in his jaw.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"ceede7d2-71d2-4b37-9133-cea139b3b6a9\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ceede7d2-71d2-4b37-9133-cea139b3b6a9\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Adelaide veteran David Mackay has avoided suspension on a marathon night at the AFL tribunal over his monstrous hit on St Kilda youngster Hunter Clark. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=86695\" title=\"Mackay escapes ban for monstrous hit on Saint\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86695"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86697,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86695\/revisions\/86697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}