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Emmerson ban
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Just seen this posted elsewhere:
"I was at the match and as Belfast supporter at the time I thought as did most of our fans that the hit was hard but fair. However I think this is an appropriate penalty for the inability of the Capitals to produce evidence which could well have found him not guilty.
If the the Elite League were not to follow through on this then how long do you think it would be before those fine upstanding people who run the elite league clubs suddenly found that it was quite easy to avoid a ban if your video footage was eaten by the dog or you failed to hit the record button."
quite right i say, handing out such a harsh ban certainly avoids people doing this in future.
"I was at the match and as Belfast supporter at the time I thought as did most of our fans that the hit was hard but fair. However I think this is an appropriate penalty for the inability of the Capitals to produce evidence which could well have found him not guilty.
If the the Elite League were not to follow through on this then how long do you think it would be before those fine upstanding people who run the elite league clubs suddenly found that it was quite easy to avoid a ban if your video footage was eaten by the dog or you failed to hit the record button."
quite right i say, handing out such a harsh ban certainly avoids people doing this in future.
Aaaaaaand.... on a further note,
The ban has been given as the footage couldn't be provided, NOT because the hit was worth of a 10 game ban.
What would happen if this hit was the other way around?
K Phillips boards Emmerson at Edinburgh's rink... and Edinburgh mysteriously lose the footage.
Surely they can't do the same then if it's not the away teams fault? BUT they must stay consistent in the punishments... right? (when have they ever been consistent...)
The ban has been given as the footage couldn't be provided, NOT because the hit was worth of a 10 game ban.
What would happen if this hit was the other way around?
K Phillips boards Emmerson at Edinburgh's rink... and Edinburgh mysteriously lose the footage.
Surely they can't do the same then if it's not the away teams fault? BUT they must stay consistent in the punishments... right? (when have they ever been consistent...)
I don't understand that release. A match for boarding is now 10 games or Riley has had games loaded because of a lack of video. Any ban should apply to the on ice offence. 10 games is heavy for boarding. If Philips was injured then yes it's a game or match. Philips has played tonight so it wasn't a severe concussion or his doctor is shite. If the 10 is the tarif it's excessive. If games are loaded for lack of video it's an open admission that player suspensions are used as political tools. Either way seems it's the opening cluck up of the season. Department of player safety / Department of Finance strikes.
It's rare I agree with you 
but on this I do
If the issue is lack of footage fair enough punish the club but 10 matches for a hit to a player (that can't be seen) allegedly concussed who played yesterday frankly stinks
What's more worrying is this is the opening salvo of the new panel and only mid Sep .....doesn't bode well for the next 5 and a half months!
but on this I do If the issue is lack of footage fair enough punish the club but 10 matches for a hit to a player (that can't be seen) allegedly concussed who played yesterday frankly stinks
What's more worrying is this is the opening salvo of the new panel and only mid Sep .....doesn't bode well for the next 5 and a half months!
What a pile of crap. Punishing the player because his club didn't produce footage?
Oh well that's one player heading home that I was looking forward to seeing. It staggers me some of the decisions made by the morons in the ivory towers, some of them would struggle to get a job collecting trolleys at tescos.
Oh well that's one player heading home that I was looking forward to seeing. It staggers me some of the decisions made by the morons in the ivory towers, some of them would struggle to get a job collecting trolleys at tescos.
I don't understand this at all.
So there is no footage and the ref gave 2 mins. But Belfast complain and it goes to 10 games? How can the player possibly get punished in this situation? Makes the league look corrupt as hell. How is it in their interest to ban one of the only draws in the most poorly attended rink in the league when there is absolutely no evidence?
Edinburgh should definitely appeal this, is there a higher body they can go to?
So there is no footage and the ref gave 2 mins. But Belfast complain and it goes to 10 games? How can the player possibly get punished in this situation? Makes the league look corrupt as hell. How is it in their interest to ban one of the only draws in the most poorly attended rink in the league when there is absolutely no evidence?
Edinburgh should definitely appeal this, is there a higher body they can go to?