Hoops

Gleeson found not guilty by NBL Tribunal

I still stand by the ref on this one that he made the right call. Spot on Isaac they cleared him from any further suspension but did not say the ref was wrong to make the call that he did. it just seems to be that being ejected from the game was enough of a punishment and didnt require any further suspension.

regardless hopefully now Gleeson learns to chill out a little (highly doubt it).

i didnt mean to say Gleeson should have ran up and given him a written apology but if you walk into someone on the street by accident immediately you turn show a bit of a hand gesture indicating you didnt mean to. Gleeson could have done that but instead he was still going on about the no call. and to me if you didnt intend to bump someone you can show through body language you didnt mean to and Gleeson didnt which to me suggests he didnt want to even try get out of the way of the refs.

I was meaning that given the circumstances, Gleeson could have at least made some effort to indicate it was all incidental contact - usually with something like that you would normally apologise immediately.

I agree, he should not be rubbed out at all for the incident.

What about the poor red in this situation
He clearly thought he was contacted by Gleeson unfairly so he tossed him out
Now we have him basically being told that he made the wrong call and Gleeson didn't do anything wrong, that's a great show of support for the refs
What happens this week when Gleeson continues with his BS, will the refs now be hesitant to make a call and control him or will they feel they can't?

While I don't think the AFL has their umpire contact policy 100% right I feel they are a lot closer to where it should be than the NBL seems to be.

I dont think that the ref ejecting gleeson from the game was a mistake or a bad call. Ref was bumped, gleeson was yelling and screaming, now hopefully gleeson might learn when to shut the F**K up and take it on the chin. After the bump Gleeson could have shown a better attitude but it appeared he was still going on about the bad call.

Personally i think Referees with the power to eject players or coaches is a good thing. Anyone remember that chinese vs Brasil basketball game that ended in fights? not sure what the refs were doing but that coach should have been ejected. It avoids people getting too heated and staying on the court or bench where they can still vent there anger. let them go to the change room and vent i say. Thats why i think footy has its issues sometimes as some players get so fired up and the referees cant do anything about it. thats just my thoughts, i am opened to eye opening examples though

Not really an unexpected outcome really. I do feel though that Gleeson made not attempt to apologise for the matter at the time though as SRT070 points out.

He didnt even attempt to apologise in the incident, he still stood there asking for an explanation he could have at least shown some sort of apologetic attitude. even if it was intentional the same result would have come back anyway, its not surprising.