Jeremy Cameron Of Geelong Cat Has Suspended By Head Coach…
Jeremy Cameronone-month suspension stems from the Prestia bump
Jeremy Cameron, the current best and fairest winner for Geelong, received a four-match suspension from the AFL tribunal for his late bump on Dion Prestia of Richmond, which caused a concussion to the Tigers midfield player.
The Cats argued that a three-week ban was appropriate for the offense, accepting match review officer Michael Christian’s description of the bump as careless, high contact, and severe impact.
However, the AFL, through Nicholas Pane, requested that the tribunal take into account a four-week punishment as suitable.
Jeremy Cameron “breached his duty of care by a considerable margin,” the tribunal finally found.
Chairman of the tribunal Jeff Gleeson stated, “AFL football is a high-speed sport in which head-high knocks are sometimes unavoidable.”
“All reasonable measures must be taken to prevent avoidable blows to the head, given the knowledge about the consequences of such blows.” This head-high contact was preventable, as Jeremy Cameron acknowledges. We impose a four-week suspension as punishment.
The panel saw two instances from 2021 that were comparable, such as Patrick Dangerfield’s aggressive behavior toward Jake Kelly, which was rated as high contact, severe impact, and careless.
Jeremy Cameron teammate Dangerfield received a three-week ban for that hit, but the AFL said the tribunal had to take into account the possibility that Jeremy Cameron actions could have seriously hurt someone.
Jeremy Cameron hit Prestia “at speed, after he had gone past the ball,” according to Pane, “with player Prestia unexpecting and vulnerable.”
He claimed that because Kelly had just disposed of the ball, they were expecting contact in the Dangerfield and Kelly case.
However, Ben Ihle QC, who is representing Jeremy Cameron, stated that after Prestia tapped the ball instead of taking possession, the Cats defender had a mere 0.39 seconds to decide.
Jeremy Cameronhad to make a decision in less time than that—not a second, not a half a second, but less time—and he chose poorly, the speaker said.
