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CibbuanoTrigg defends lifting of ban
April 16th 2009 09:57
ADELAIDE chief executive Steven Trigg has defended the club's decision to lift Nathan Bock's club-imposed suspension.
Bock was suspended indefinitely by the Crows after being charged by police with assault and property damage at the General Havelock Hotel in the early hours of April 5.
The reigning club best-and-fairest and 2008 All-Australian centre-half back was referred for counselling after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.
The 26-year-old, who has a court appearance pending in June, was also fined $5000 and ordered to undertake 50 hours of community service.
Trigg said the decision to include Bock in the side to play Geelong at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night was made to assist in his rehabilitation.
"The professional advice I've had is get back to normal, get back on the bike, make sure that counselling is effective and then you've got a better human being on your hands," he said.
"Missing more games doesn't help him at all and missing more games in fact could be counteractive to his mindset in terms of rehabilitation."
"It (a lengthy suspension) doesn't change, in a positive sense, outcomes that you are trying to achieve - it might help people feel better that we've cracked him, it might make some people feel better frankly if we burnt him at the stake."
Trigg also said Bock had expressed genuine remorse and that the club's decision to lift the ban was by no means an indication that they condoned such behaviour.
"Nathan is showing a genuine amount of remorse and contrition for what he's done and he has genuine resolve that it'll never happen again," he said.
"If there's any doubt, I'll send this message to any women out there - please do not perceive our actions as endorsing anything, violence against women is an abhorrent thing."
"As a football club and me personally ...we take it very seriously."
The Crows are also working to have a bail condition, which prevents Bock making contact with his girlfriend, lifted on the request of both parties.
Bock was suspended indefinitely by the Crows after being charged by police with assault and property damage at the General Havelock Hotel in the early hours of April 5.
The reigning club best-and-fairest and 2008 All-Australian centre-half back was referred for counselling after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.
The 26-year-old, who has a court appearance pending in June, was also fined $5000 and ordered to undertake 50 hours of community service.
"The professional advice I've had is get back to normal, get back on the bike, make sure that counselling is effective and then you've got a better human being on your hands," he said.
"Missing more games doesn't help him at all and missing more games in fact could be counteractive to his mindset in terms of rehabilitation."
"It (a lengthy suspension) doesn't change, in a positive sense, outcomes that you are trying to achieve - it might help people feel better that we've cracked him, it might make some people feel better frankly if we burnt him at the stake."
Trigg also said Bock had expressed genuine remorse and that the club's decision to lift the ban was by no means an indication that they condoned such behaviour.
"Nathan is showing a genuine amount of remorse and contrition for what he's done and he has genuine resolve that it'll never happen again," he said.
"If there's any doubt, I'll send this message to any women out there - please do not perceive our actions as endorsing anything, violence against women is an abhorrent thing."
"As a football club and me personally ...we take it very seriously."
The Crows are also working to have a bail condition, which prevents Bock making contact with his girlfriend, lifted on the request of both parties.
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