The tribunal’s decision has ripped the AFL world apart and a former great is fuming.
“Absolutely disgusting …. The AFL are a disgusting organisation.”
AFL tribunal chairman Jeff Gleeson said in his findings Maynard could not have foreseen “that violent impact, or impact of the type suffered by Brayshaw” when he made the decision to smother Brayshaw’s kick.“He committed to the act of smothering when he was ... several metres from Brayshaw,” Gleeson said.
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