Why some footy experts are calling for Gary Rohan to be suspended for knocking out his own teammate with shocking hit that floored Jeremy Cameron

Since the hammer came down in 2022, the AFL’s crackdown against high shots—intentional or not—has been well reported.

Numerous sportsmen have been punished ever since for unintentionally making high contact with rival celebrities.

However, the Geelong versus Melbourne Demons match tossed up a new variable: what happens when a player accidentally strikes a teammate high?

Cameron was left prone at GMHBA Stadium for around five minutes and was taken from the ground by medicab and hospitalised after collecting friendly fire from Rohan.

Now analysts and fans alike have questioned why he has no case to answer at the AFL Tribunal.

He was unfairly slammed by fans for being involved in a marking contest that resulted in club champion Patrick Dangerfield being injured last week against Port Adelaide, despite not making any contact with his teammate.

SEN Radio asked whether Rohan would have been suspended if he was wearing a Melbourne jersey instead of a Geelong one.

Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes said he would have been rubbed out if was wearing the blue and red.

‘I was just studying it… I don’t know what he was doing, by the way, he put himself in a really awful position,’ he said.

‘He had no right to be in Jeremy Cameron’s way and then at the last minute tried to get out the way.

‘I think he would get suspended if he was an opposition player.’