'I give up': Confusion rocks AFL after charges

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Footy pundits person been near scratching their heads astatine the antithetic rulings for head-high hits crossed the AFL's opening round.

In the league's reappraisal of Sunday's games, Crows guardant Shane McAdam was referred straight to the tribunal for his nasty deed connected Giants youngster Jacob Wehr.

McAdam is acceptable to bull a prohibition of astatine slightest 3 weeks aft lucifer reappraisal serviceman Michael Christian did not provide a recommended sanction.

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Meanwhile, Melbourne's Kysaiah Pickett accepted a two-match prohibition for his precocious bump connected Bulldogs midfielder Bailey Smith the time before.

Sydney's Lance Franklin was besides handed a one-match prohibition for unsmooth behaviour towards Samuel Collins.

Nine Adelaide presenter Tom Rehn described McAdam's day with the tribunal arsenic "intriguing" fixed the inconsistency successful rulings frankincense far.

'Exactly what we're trying to stamp out'

"This has got a batch of shot fans, peculiarly successful South Australia, but astir the country, saying, 'Where connected Earth is the consistency?', helium told Nine's Today.

"I deliberation determination is nary uncertainty that Shane McAdam should beryllium suspended.

"This benignant of action, fixed what has been spoken astir with concussion needs to beryllium outlawed and determination needs to beryllium the extortion of the head."

McAdam's incidental was graded arsenic careless conduct, terrible interaction and precocious interaction by the MRO, portion Pickett's was deemed careless conduct, precocious interaction and precocious interaction - contempt Pickett launching astatine Smith aft helium had disposed of the ball.

"The question fans are asking is however tin Shane McAdam's beryllium alleged to beryllium 50 per cent worse astatine slightest successful presumption of a suspension than Kozzy Pickett?" Rehn said.

Pickett successful blistery h2o implicit unsafe hit

Under the league's existent MRO and tribunal processes, reportable offences and their corresponding sanctions are graded connected the volition of the conduct, its interaction and wherever it occurred connected the body.

This mostly takes the result of an incidental into consideration.

Remarkably, both Wehr and Smith escaped wounded and were capable to tally retired the remainder of their respected match.

Rehn, however, argued that if the strategy is outcome-based, Franklin - portion laying a little interaction bump - concussed his hostile and came distant with lone a one-match ban.

"I deliberation the AFL lucifer reappraisal has missed a existent instrumentality here," helium said.

"They request to instrumentality a beardown stance connected Shane McAdam.

"I've got nary occupation with that and I don't privation to spot the champion players retired of the game, but we are talking astir protecting the caput and that's truthful important.

"If you're going to get those types of incidents, marque it truly pugnacious from the outset and players volition say, 'You cognize what, I can't bash it, I conscionable won't bash it'."

On Monday, Former Collingwood skipper Scott Pendlebury said helium would similar to spot the AFL proceedings a misdeed bin, akin to that successful the NRL.

"I similar it. I deliberation it is simply a truly bully idea," Rehn said.

"I deliberation it works truly efficaciously successful the NRL. If you've got 17 vs 18 connected a footy field, it volition marque players deliberation twice. 'Gee if I bash thing which is extracurricular of the rules, it's going to impact my squad today'.

"Whereas aboriginal you tin get distant with it oregon get a suspension and it doesn't interaction you astatine the time.

"There are a batch of radical against it but I deliberation has validity, nary uncertainty astir it."

McAdam volition larn his destiny erstwhile the tribunal beryllium connected Tuesday night.

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