LOL
I thought it would be impossible to outdo the new Eagles club song as the biggest waste of the club's money.
Yet here we are...
I'm genuinely starting to believe I'm more than qualified to represent players at the AFL Tribunal.
Dangerfield's QC has just pulled out his phone, Hey Siri define "severe"...
Also got to love the AFL system...
Careless, High and High is 3 weeks... Dangerfield gets Careless, High and Severe, goes to tribunal and gets the 3 weeks despite not accepting the grading and challenging it.
FWIW I hate the suspension in general but if you're going to have the stupid system at least design it with some logic...
Careless, high contact and high impact is 2 matches under the Guidelines, which is what Dangerfield was trying to get the charge downgraded to.
They stopped applying the extra week for unsuccessful challenges a couple years ago, instead a $10k fee to dispute a grading of a reportable offence.
Careless, High and Severe is 3+ minimum with direct referral to Tribunal.
Although it can't be confirmed as I still can't find any publicly available 2021 Laws of the Game or Tribunal Guidelines.