This is the incident. He got thee weeks. It went to four because we challenged it. The Tribunal made an example of Johnson and Stokes in the pre-season but sort of wavered over the season, before ramping back up the next year.
You’re misremembering the rest. That in itself isn’t a big deal, but you seem to feel particularly aggrieved by the treatment Freo has received based on things that didn’t happen.
O’Meara was not treated any more or less fairly than other players because he’s a Docker. He executed a borderline dangerous tackle, and he may or may not end up with a week. It’s completely in keeping with other adjudications on this type of tackle.
It’s a difficult decision because it turns out that something as fundamental to our game as tackling can cause brain injuries, and there are so many variable in tackling. It will take years to get it right.
The same way it took years to get head high bumps out of the game. Johnno was the test case, but looking back now it’s a crude approach to the contest and the game is better without it.
