‘There’s a big lawsuit hanging over the AFL’s head.’
’s preliminary final next week but that could all change if football executive Laura Kane, who pushed to charge Maynard, and chief executives Gillon McLachlan and Andrew Dillon opt to challenge the ruling.
But under the current match review system, he believes “common sense prevailed” at the tribunal and an appeal would be “a waste of time and money”.“The AFL is now constantly looking at incidents like this through the lens of a lawsuit. There’s a big lawsuit hanging over the AFL’s head with all the concussions from the past and incidents like this are not a great look.
“The tribunal took about 90 seconds to deliberate and they gave the player four weeks. I know that because it was me!” “I understand it’s different with the pressure of a final and all the rest of it. There’s been a lot of people saying it’s going to set a precedent and it’s divided a lot of people. In addition to arguing that Maynard has breached his duty of care, AFL counsel Andrew Woods said Maynard had made a conscious decision to bump after realising contact would be made.
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