Tom Morris

And certainly our view is, you know, put the tribunal decision to one side, shouldn't have got there.

It should have been dealt with in the aftermath of the game, whether that's straight after or in the next day, it just should have been navigated.

The interested parties should have come together.

So given that Nick Foote is not allowed to speak to Zach Butters after he reports him, how can it be navigated in the 24 hours after the game?

Oh, well that, I mean...

Whether he can't speak to him on game day, there's ways and means to get around those things.

They could have been brought together.

I understand there was efforts to probably try and do that.

I think that should have just been made to happen.

So both sides were diametrically opposed and they didn't want to move.

And they both still believe what they believe their truth to be.

And that's very hard to come together at that point.

It appears to me that the AFL Players Association's main concerns are procedural, though, more broad.

Can you tell us about them?

I think with this one, when I first started in the role, almost about six months ago now, and it was really evident to me early that one of the major frustrations of our current playing group is

was around the match review tribunal processes, decision-making and the like.

And I think what we've seen here, when you've got two players, respective players give evidence, it's not accepted.

It does start to make players uncomfortable, you know, about the tribunal system and we've all got to have confidence in it.

And that's the most important thing.

And I do think, you know, this decision has impacted on that.