Re: Jamie Acton : Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:29 pm  

Why did leigh appeal

Re: Jamie Acton : Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:43 pm  

MR FRISK wrote:

Why did leigh appeal

Would Jamie having not played for 3 months be fit ?

He'd be coming back into the last 1/2 games , both most probably highly charged pressure games , is that a good idea with him trying to make amends for getting banned ? , he'd be trying too hard and that could be counter productive

So not much to lose

Re: Jamie Acton : Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:02 pm  

THECherry&Whites wrote:

The tribunal increased the sentence due to the fact the appeal was a joke. They have done this before when clubs have appealed against an open and shut case. Why we appealed is beyond me when we knew that it was almost guaranteed the sentence would get increased.

Using this thought process as a premise for not appealing appears somewhat flawed IMHO.

Looking at 'criminal law' cases where a for example a person or persons have been wrongly imprisoned & using this reasoning that a sentence would be "almost guaranteed the sentence would be increased", why would any innocent person ever appeal ?

I am not suggesting Jamie is innocent, more that the original & subsequent increased punishment does not fit the crime !

I also ask, how independent is this panel, who pays their salaries & how much 'influence' over them might the RFL have ?

This is something I would like to see put before CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) but it won't happen.

Seems to me the sport has a cancer & it needs cutting out !

Re: Jamie Acton : Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:42 pm  

he should move to the nrl,they still play rugby down under.we will be playing in hi-vis soon.i personally would not pay one penny of any fine.

Re: Jamie Acton : Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:23 am  

Ste100Centurions wrote:

Using this thought process as a premise for not appealing appears somewhat flawed IMHO.

Looking at 'criminal law' cases where a for example a person or persons have been wrongly imprisoned & using this reasoning that a sentence would be "almost guaranteed the sentence would be increased", why would any innocent person ever appeal ?

I am not suggesting Jamie is innocent, more that the original & subsequent increased punishment does not fit the crime !

I also ask, how independent is this panel, who pays their salaries & how much 'influence' over them might the RFL have ?

This is something I would like to see put before CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) but it won't happen.



Seems to me the sport has a cancer & it needs cutting out !

I agree with Ste100 centurions. We need more transparency about the choice of these independent panels. Is it just co incidence that one member was an ex Hull KR player and the other an ex chairman of the same club? Haven't these two members of the panel a vested interest in the case?

Re: Jamie Acton : Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:38 am  

I don't know about a vested interested, if you think about it,, it's a big bonus for Leigh if Acton isn't playing, he is a total liability and could get sent off for some of the things he does, at least if you play someone who plays hard but fair, he may play the full duration hahah

Re: Jamie Acton : Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:48 am  

doc999 wrote:

Ive just seen the video and cant see what he's actually done wrong its a physical game , to me its no different than 2 players squaring up , its nit like there was intent to cause harm , bit careless yes but nothin I havent seen a thousand times.

You say you're smart enough to support Leigh but you might as be supporting Wigan with an attitude like that. The 'bit careless' is extremely comical.

And I really doubt that you would see anything like it in last nights game

Re: Jamie Acton : Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:51 am  

Willy wrote:

I agree with Ste100 centurions. We need more transparency about the choice of these independent panels. Is it just co incidence that one member was an ex Hull KR player and the other an ex chairman of the same club? Haven't these two members of the panel a vested interest in the case?

Trust me Barry Lilley would do us no favours, no love lost there over the years.

Re: Jamie Acton : Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:56 am  

barham red wrote:

Trust me Barry Lilley would do us no favours, no love lost there over the years.

Well he's not done Leigh any either, has he? The $h!t house.

Re: Jamie Acton : Fri Jul 21, 2017 1:08 pm  

Unbelievable some of the stuff written on here !!!!

This sport does not need people who think this kind of behaviour is ok !!!!

Some of you lot need to take a long hard look at what your saying, the decent guys on here who understand what the problem is are probably cringing and hiding in embarrassment at you !!