Disbelief at financial sanction for Dangerfield

Was the incident involving Geelong’s Patrick Dangerfield even worthy of a fine?

Dangerfield copped a sanction of $6,250 - which will be reduced with an early plea - for his errant arm which caught Ryan Byrnes high during the third quarter of the eventual seven-point loss to St Kilda on Saturday night.

The Cats captain initially made contact with the shoulder of Byrnes before his arm slid up and into the side of his head.

MRO Michael Christian opted to fine Dangerfield, but Kane Cornes cannot comprehend how that action was deemed to be anything more than a simple free kick, urging the Cats to challenge the fiscal penalty.

“This needs to be challenged,” Cornes said on SEN Breakfast.

“Well done, ‘Chrisso’, for not suspending him, but if he did I would have been more upset.

“There are things in football that are just free kicks. That is just a free kick, that is not a $6,000 fine.

“As much as people think, ‘Oh, Dangerfield has got money and money doesn’t matter (to him)’. Six grand, that’s after tax, just for an incident that should have been a free kick.

“It blows my mind. Challenge it!”

Fireball co-host David King agrees: “I don’t see why we’re fining him.

“The impact wasn’t there. It was a glancing blow that skimmed off the shoulder.

“It was an accident at best, move on.”

Dangerfield’s second striking offence was deemed to be careless conduct, low impact and high contact which warranted an initial $6.250 fine, reduced to $3,750 with an early plea.

Listen to Cornes, King and Josh Gabelich discuss all the latest footy news, including the MRO incidents below: