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The patron who touched Marlion Pickett during Friday night’s game has been banned until the end of 2024. (www.foxsports.com.au)

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‘Not acceptable and never will be’: AFL hands down punishment over Pickett fan incident

The patron who reached over the fence and touched Marlion Pickett during Friday night’s game at Marvel Stadium has been banned from attending AFL matches until the end of 2024.

Pickett had been beaten in a one-on-one making contest with Bulldog Marcus Bontempelli and overcomitted. As Bontempelli ran into the open goal, Pickett was left getting to his feet over the boundary line.

With his back to the crowd, a rogue fan reached out and patted Pickett repeatedly on the shoulder and then started gesturing to the Tiger as he turned around.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Meanwhile, in America...

Why was he punished so harshly? It's just completely not done in aus?

EDIT:Just watched the video, now I get the context. So if it was a good thing everything would've been fine?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it's not one at all. Plenty of people who yell at the players, but the line is firmly drawn at anything physical.

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