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Jaidyn Stephenson has been handed the heftiest ban for betting on football in the history of the AFL, after he copped a 22-week ban yesterday for betting on three Collingwood matches this season.
The 20-year-old former Rising Star winner was also fined $20,000 for his indiscretions, but 12 weeks of his ban has been suspended for the remainder of his career.
Did the AFL get the verdict right here? Is Stephenson getting off lightly? Harshly, even?
We were joined by Roar editor and AFL expert Stirling Coates on the Game of Codes podcast to discuss the Stephenson suspension – and whether the AFL can do more to stamp out this behaviour.
Listen to the debate:
Stephenson is the fourth Collingwood player this decade to receive a sanction from the AFL over betting. Premiership defender Heath Shaw was famously suspended for 14 matches (six suspended) in 2011 after placing a bet on captain Nick Maxwell – normally a defender – to kick the first goal in a game after discovering he’d be named up forward. Maxwell was also fined for divulging this information to family, who then placed a similar bet.
Jack Crisp was fined $5000 in 2015, but avoided suspension, after a multi-sport bet he placed the previous season with Brisbane contained an AFL leg not involving his team.
Visit our Game of Codes hub to catch the full episode and be sure to subscribe and review on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or wherever else you’re listening.
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