AFL Tribunal

The club will be forced to cough up a five-figure sum after two Bombers players were cited for umpire contact.

Matthew Lloyd and Jimmy Bartel have blasted the league in the wake of the Zak Butters, Lance Collard and ARC dramas.

The AFL has sacked its appeals board chair over "cooked" comments he made in his reasoning for slashing Lance Collard's suspension.

The AFL has released a statement, lashing its own appeals board after its shocking rationale behind Lance Collard's ban reduction.

Eddie McGuire has pleaded with the AFL to make a key change to the tribunal system, while James Hird has defended juror James Johnson.

Jimmy Bartel has slammed the AFL's tribunal, calling for the league to overhaul the "diabolical" system.

Port Adelaide's chief executive said he had "empathy" for a juror who had to get in his car during the tribunal hearing.

Port Adelaide will appeal the tribunal's decision to find Zak Butters guilty of umpire abuse, the club confirmed in a statement on Wednesday night.

Matthew Lloyd conceded that Steven May's three-match suspension for his contentious bump on Carlton's Francis Evans is standard in today's game.

The AFL tribunal will stay busy with two more cases ahead as North ponders what their next three matches will look like without their key man.