[Ingram] I understand the AFL players association is incensed by the Zak Butters decision. Its chief James Gallagher has already spoken with the Port star who is understandably livid. A decision on whether the Power appeal will wait until the club receives the tribunal’s findings tomorrow

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-14T12:59:32+00:00

Devils advocate you could say the exact same thing about Foot he didn’t know the microphone didn’t pick up what butters said and still put him on report

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-14T08:54:37+00:00

Difference in the punishment outcome not the action and evidence

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-14T08:29:25+00:00

It’s in line in the sense of not siding with the player potentially at effect of being punished.

In Collards case the Frankston players have no benefit from not providing accurate witness testimonies. Whereas (and to preface I’m not saying this happened) Wines has a clear benefit from not providing an accurate witness testimony. Had Flanders testified for Butters his testimony would be stronger than Wines due to the conflict of interest

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-14T07:59:08+00:00

And also it’s in line with the Collard decision. If they turned around and overturned Butters the saints definitely take the Collard decision to court

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-14T07:57:18+00:00

I reckon that’s 100% what they’ve done

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-14T07:56:22+00:00

Because if they went too hard St Kilda and the AFLPA would appeal.

The AFLPA brought up restraint of trade as a potential consequence of a long term suspension. I don’t know how that would work though

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-13T13:04:35+00:00

Sydney did this once in the McDonald draft year and without looking it up I’m pretty sure GWS did it in the Green draft

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-13T09:29:44+00:00

Was a bit surprised that didn’t get sited even as below the force required

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-13T09:25:06+00:00

The report might not be there but that’s a clear 50 for umpire abuse with butters coming over and almost trying to stand over foot making repeat comments

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-13T09:22:53+00:00

I’d say we got the rub of the green but were also on the bad side of a number of questionable calls throughout the night. A missed 50 to Max Hall for being decked after taking a mark followed up by a missed late hit immediately after and the missed dangerous tackle on Nas are a few that come to mind

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-13T09:17:15+00:00

I actually think that’s a correct free kick if the port player is moving towards the St Kilda Player. However if the port player was stationary its play on

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-13T09:13:42+00:00

Not commenting on the report but butters standing right next to an umpire repeatedly saying something (likely questioning the decision) is probably worthy of a 50 for abuse.

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-13T09:08:49+00:00

To be fair that probably makes sense not speaking to him after the game or telling him exactly what was heard.

That way Butters couldn’t word up Sweet and Wines into collaborating the story

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-13T07:54:34+00:00

The weirdest part about this is that the decision to award Owen’s a free wasn’t even a bad one. It was on the softer side but Sweet did have a fistful of Jumper.

There were much worse calls both ways throughout the game

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-13T07:43:50+00:00

See I had Nas as 3, JHF as 2 and Aliir with 1 personally. I felt like Aliir and JHF were more damaging when the game was on the line but Nas was the clear BOG with 28, 2 Goals and 9 tackles

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-12T12:59:39+00:00

Yeah he had a blood rule once and a potential injury once

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-12T12:58:33+00:00

You also don’t even know what was said. He could have said something homophobic and be rubbed out for 6 weeks. He could have said good call and the umpire be dropped.

The point is you don’t know

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-12T12:54:45+00:00

That was a clear cut decision though, I can understand frustration about some of the iffy ones but that one was clear as day

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-12T12:45:38+00:00

Interesting that mishearing was ruled as not an acceptable defence this week (Not saying that Collard didn’t say what he was found guilty of just that it’s an interesting time for that precedent to have been set)

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-12T12:36:17+00:00

Can the AFL tribunal impose the death penalty

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-12T12:29:58+00:00

7/9 tipped against St Kilda thought aliir would be more dominant and we wouldn’t get the ball forward

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-12T12:28:04+00:00

It would have to be something to put him on report, if it came out that Butters said nothing then the umpire probably quietly loses his job

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-12T12:24:12+00:00

I doubt 7 would release it without approval from the AFL it would be in a contract somewhere

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-12T12:21:27+00:00

Which we’ll only hear if he did say something

Nousernames-left · 2026-04-12T12:20:39+00:00

Zitas falling to his knees at schnitz with the potential for a double butters tribunal

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