Nope.

Apparently someone told him Petty was the coach and not the water boy

Allegedly walked into opposition huddle
Allegedly scuffle (predictably) broke out
Allegedly struck opponent in face with clenched fist
Allegedly gets sorry ass ejected
Of course innocent until proven guilty, but allegedly already booked a 3 week fishing trip to Kangaroo Island.

Actually walked to his bench, as all players were and crossed.
Actually was hit first, hence USF on Eastern player.
Minor retaliation which referees have major over reacted to.
DQ by 2 old out of their depth refs and a young ref with a chip on his shoulder because his mates are going somewhere and he never will. Didn't care all night. In their defence 2 of them had to do both games.
Will be tossed out before going anywhere, South have the best lawyer in the state on side. BSA will give in, if they haven't already. And none of the refs or the Eastern player will be punished.

Except it's on film!!

Hard for Caldicitt to argue his way out of that one.

Allegedly got 4 3pointers dropped on his head, didn't really like it, so got punchy

Striking is going to get him some serious weeks of suspension.

Second week in a row that this particular Mavs player has given a cheap shot to opposing players walking back to benches. He is the one that should be reported.

Maybe it's the new Mavs culture - bait the opposition and get them chucked out. Only way to win. You would think that Rojo wouldn't be too happy with this surrounding the club. Not a good look for the juniors watching.

Rojo will get utterly frustrated with the rabble he has been given and will quit by round 6

A coach who quits because he inherited a rabble isn't much of a coach. Anyone can coach a good group, take a bad group and turn it around.

#443 striking is a reportable offence in any code of sport. Hardly a minor retaliation.

Or maybe a young Man playing on one leg and heart, leading a young group has drawn a line in the sand?
Demanding that while the team is developing they won't be intimidated and disrespected as the starting point of the journey together.
Good onya Rig
Mavs fans loving your hustle out there

If he is on one leg and still makes the team then Mavs woes are worse than I could possibly have imagined!!!

Pre season report, someone said Rojo for coach of the year, still going to happen?

527 18 pts 100% from the line and 3
4 rebounds and a couple of assists
Punched in the face for standing his ground
Frightening to think how he goes when fully fit!

Also watched the film.. Striking = Pushing someone in the chest??
Next week he'll be back to his old ways of building his Mt Barker mansion one brick at a time.

This is the same guy who left Mavs bagged the shit out the club and the coach and went to Sturt. Then after getting nothing at Sturt looked for the only club that would take him and Mavs stupidly said sure, no problems.
Mavs bad culture starts with this guy

Actually it was a punch to the face. But this is what happens when you bait and push someone to the point of retaliation. Refs certainly didn't see this coming. Caught 2 of them totally off guard.

It's a punch to the face. The worst incident in the league since Ridgeway vs Hawkes. At a minimum, and I mean minimum, it’s a month on the sideline for Starling.

I wouldn't even waste my time scouting this guy. No respect from the majority of the basketball fraternity with his antics.

Ummm, who's scouting him? In fact the scouting sheet would involve Vozzo coming off bench and jacking up 3s.

This was a regular at Mavs training sessions so no real suprise that rig wes involved

We'll see if "The NBL1 Show" will cover it or not even address it cause all they want to do is talk about Forestville & Harris. Can they profile other good players in the league than just him - believe it or not there are a few. I think Megan Hustwaite is an absolute joke commentating on the league - absolutely terrible. Hooley ain't too bad.

Surely serious questions are being asked why Hulland and Mudronja are NBL
And Harris Starling Turnage are NBL1
Doesn't add up

Starling and Turnage are imports ...its kind of simple

Given the ref coach was gloating and showing off their footage to others post game the integrity of him and the referee involved need to be in question.

626 player strikes opponent to the face with a clenched fist and here you are talking "integrity"!
Nice one Bro

Showing others not involved that had no reason to see the footage. No fist but keep trying.

It's the comments for me hahahahha

Bit defensive there.

Ref coach maybe?

All this attention got South thinking they might be a big club one day

Rigby's head snaps to the side pretty quick. It's a little more than a shove and it's definitely not in the chest. DQ is probably the correct penalty overall. But we will see I guess.

Rigby yes provoked the entire thing - what he does best! However this is why he got the UF. Starling punched him in the face hence the DQF. You can barely see it on the video but being at the game - you could see it clearly that Starling gave him a good shot. Mavs need a really good wake up call and Rojo needs to rip them a new one to morally get their acts together.

Starling could've walked around, he chose to walk through which is provocative and disrespectful.
Aktanarowicz got a young team around him and if he doesn’t make a stand then he basically saying it’s ok for people to keep walking all over us
Gotta start somewhere
Say why you want about Rig but when everyone takes a step back, he takes 2 forward
That’s why his team love him

Starling walked directly to his bench. What a load of rubbish he could have walked around. Rigby could have walked around also using that mentality. Players cross paths every game and there are no incidents. This occurred because Rigby went out of his way to shoulder Starling. If he doesn't do that, nothing happens. He hit a 3, felt like a hero and started the whole thing.

And that is why this team will go 0-18. It started last week when Coach Rojo (I use that term loosely), didn't even get out of the first quarter of the first game and wore a tech. Brilliant leadership, brilliant example.

sorry how does Rig deserve a punch in the face, your theory would mean 40 AFL players per game should be punched in the face, every coach in the league would talk about Rig in the scout and clearly point out the fact he will try and deliberately intimidate a reaction , Starling fell for it, hook line and sinker

682 they could still beat North in the first round.

I agree hahahaha with most here just seems punching someone during a game is a bit much

#687 did I say he deserved a punch in the face? No i didn't. What I said was if he wasn't trying to be a hero there is no incident.

So what's your stance on the actions taken by the player who used his fist to punch someone regardless of antics as there are antics in sports and some players that’s what they do should punching be allowed ?

#690 Zing

I still don't recall saying anything about punching, please try to keep up. If hero boy doesn't act like a flog nothing happens. Punching is not part of basketball. He got ejected and he got reported. He will be dealt with by the tribunal.

Mavs culture continues to be a huge issue. Rojo is an extremely loose unit with abuse of refs a long standing behaviour problem of his. Poor form by all involved regardless of what club. Starling should and will get games, but Rigby should also cop a penalty.

Yea cmon Rig, stop picking on the smallest youngest dude on the other team.....oh wait

I agree that both should cop a penalty but punching someone that's deserving of a few weeks. Will be interesting to see how the powers that be handled this one.

Yeah Rig how about you just play basketball and stop being a no talent hack who has to try and use antics to get the oppositions best player ejected. And then you still lose by 23 once you do. Great work.

the rules of the game have already given Rig his penalty on the night

Starling 2-4 games
Rigby 2 games suspended and given a good talking to.

Both clubs should also be given a firm warning. Mavs, wont he the only time this behaviour is an issue this season guaranteed.

Rigby already received his penalty unless you want more for headbutting Starling's fist with his jaw

What was Ridgeways penalty a couple of years ago, that would be a starting point.

Ridgeway got 10 weeks - 6 weeks suspended = 4 weeks suspended

And it was absolute bs. Pathetic little bsa cronies trying to screw West over. Un fortunately for them it only galvanised the group more for the grandfinal win. Pissants, and the club hasn't forgotten who they were.

Absolutely impartial, but that move by Ridgeway deserved a suspension, absolutely stupid of him to even put himself in that position and cost his team by not playing. Don't think it galvanised the team, heard most of his teammates were mad that he did it in first place and thought he deserved the suspension. Galvanised maybe in that players thought odds were against them in losing an import, but not that BSA were against him.

This thread is about Starling and how many weeks he will get - not Ridgeway & Hawkes smack down LOL

Unlikely to get a holiday Mr Starling

Ridgeway and Hawkes are relevant due to nature of alleged offending dopey

Put himself in that position? You mean on the court where the coach in question stepped on to the playing arena, pushed him and started the chain of events?
If that's what happened with Starling then I guess it's relevant.

Given both Ridgeway and Starling seem to be retaliating then it seems starting point for Starling is 10 weeks.

Gotta laugh at all the Rig hate on here
Only difference between you and him?
He ain't payin to go watch you

#789 no one with half a brain is going to watch Rig play. When Eastern is on your teams calendar you circle it because no one wants to watch a 30 point pantsing. No one is paying to watch Michelin Man roll around

Man this thread is a shit fight about some nutter that may get suspended and no Rig is involved. What the F?

At the scheduled hearing.

This thread is boring.

Suspended sentence, free to play this weekend. Who didn't see this coming?

Petty must of thrown his weight around and got special privileges with all of his influence in the NBL1 like Forestville gets from BSA. This is a joke.

What a joke. When will penalties apply if striking to the face draws no penalty. I heard that a Tigers junior got 24 games last night for striking.

I guess the tribunal has made it acceptable for this behaviour in NBL1 but not in juniors. But don't juniors look up to these NBL1 players.

Crazy!

It might be worth the price of admission for the return game between South and Eastern

Precedent has been set in stone
Go forth and punch with a clear conscience
Zero consequences
It's on!

#233 Moron

If he got nothing - NBL1 should look at this because a lot of people are losing all respect for this league and it was only the 2nd round.

4 weeks suspended

#236 - you're confirming Starling is out for 4 weeks? Can't visit a BSA stadium in the entire SA for 4 weeks - or is the 4 weeks suspended and he's playing Saturday & Sunday. Interesting.

4 weeks suspended sentence. Free to play this week

234 shut up, or I'll punch you

So how do we explain to juniors who have seen this and are Starling fans when he can still keep playing. I just don't get what the message is with this verdict and in my opinion the Tribunal Panel needs to clarify why they arrived at this slap over the knuckles.

Why does the tribunal have to explain? what message would it send if he got 0 weeks, 8 weeks, 20 weeks. Unless you were there and saw it happen in which case I am sure the tribunal based decision of eye witness accounts, especially seeing occured directly in front of refs.

Most likely he was found guilty of a lesser charge and not striking.