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Inside the AFL tribunal, and how it became a lawyers’ picnic
AFL sacked appeals board chair Will Houghton in April after he reduced a young footballer's ban for homophobic language, saying the judgment conflicted with league values. Houghton's dismissal has raised concerns among legal experts about tribunal independence, with former Collingwood president Jeff Browne criticizing the AFL for destroying the system's impartiality. The league faces review of its tribunal operations.
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