KANE Cornes has called for the AFL to stamp out players staging for free kicks.<\/p>\n
Across Saturday\u2019s round 11 game, Cornes pointed out two incidents of what he considers blatant flopping with St Kilda\u2019s Max King picking up a free kick against Hawthorn\u2019s James Blanck and Western Bulldog Cody Weightman drawing a whistle against Gold Coast\u2019s Ben Long.<\/p>\n
With King and Weightman both kicking goals following the free kicks, Cornes called for the AFL to encourage umpires to instead penalise the instigator when they feel a player stages.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s an issue for the game and it is flopping,\u201d Cornes said on Nine\u2019s Sunday Footy Show.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw Cody Weightman do it [on Saturday against Gold Coast].<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the NBA they have this problem as well, they\u2019re considering penalising floppers or those staging for fouls with a technical free throw in-game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we need to start doing the same [in the AFL].<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to get it out of the game, it\u2019s easy to do it, just penalise them, pay a free kick against and players will stop doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cornes also said he expects King and Weightman to receive fines from the MRO due to their acts.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that you blow the whistle and pay the free kick against [for staging],\u201d Cornes said.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of rewarding him [Weightman] for the free kick, luckily Gold Coast still won that game but it frustrates anyone.<\/p>\n
\u201c[It should be] a fine for King and a fine for Weightman [from the MRO]. But further than that pay a free kick against.\u201d<\/p>\n