“It looked like a car accident”: Why star Tiger was lucky to avoid a lengthy suspension

Was Liam Baker lucky to escape with just a one-match ban for his collision with Sydney defender Lewis Melican? The star Tiger received a one-game ban for the impact and AFL Nation commentator Adam White feels he is fortunate Melican wasn’t hurt. “He’s lucky that Lewis Melican got up. If Melican was concussed in the same way Harry Cunningham was concussed, Baker would have missed four weeks,” White told SEN’s Sportsday. “Which opens that whole Pandora’s Box around luck, outcome versus action. “I think...

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