Junee coach Isaac Cooper will serve a two-week suspension for allegedly bringing the game into disrepute via social media. Cooper pleaded guilty, and submitted a letter of apology, preventing a tribunal hearing, and minimising his sentence.
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“He identified very early-on that he had done the wrong thing,” Football Wagga disciplinary officer Mark Stephens said.
When Junee Jaguars were made aware that Cooper had been charged, on September 16, they banned Cooper from corresponding with the media, until the matter was resolved.
Football Wagga banned Cooper from the grand final at Equex on September 17-18.
He wasn’t going to play or coach in the grand final, his teams didn’t qualify, but he had planned on attending as a spectator.
The Wagga-famous Twitter thread criticised Football Wagga for its grand-final day alcohol-free policy.
Meanwhile Football Wagga issued two total suspensions at the tribunal on Friday.
Two spectators dismissed from the Pascoe Cup preliminary final, Ralph Corby and Peter Burdett, were found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute.
For failing to obey a match official’s directive, Corby and Burdett have been banned from coaching, refereeing, spectating, administrating and playing locally for a minimum of six weeks. The suspension starts on April 1.
Both pleaded not guilty.
