Yes, Morgan, I have. My questions are around the inconsistency of the tribunal decisions, and the way Freo players too often seem to be used as the examples for the media to feed on.
Remember back to Johnno and Pav being suspende for hip bumps that hit players in the head? Johnno got 6 weeks, Pav 4 weeks, yet a week or 2 down the track it became a fine. Solomon hit Ling, (retaliation in a game where Geelong belted the crap out of a very young Freo side with no penalty or free kicks from umpires) and got 6 weeks on the basis that Geelong said Ling's Doctor had him down to miss 8 weeks, correct me if I am wrong, but Ling played the next week. (Solly got no 5 week remission on his suspension however.) Sandilands, broken jaw that was made out to be his fault, no penalty on the opponent. This in an era when the AFL was trying to push the "Protect the Head" mantra.
There are many more examples back through the years of hypocrisy and inconsistency from the tribunal, and Freo are not, and I have never claimed them to be, the only side to cop this treatment, but there have been some untouchable clubs and players going back to the turn of the century.
I use Freo as an example, mostly because I watch more Freo games than other teams.
