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NRL slammed: Billy Slater not guilty verdict savaged

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LISTEN ABOVE AS NRL COMMENTATOR GREG ALEXANDER SPEAKS TO RADIO SPORT MORNINGSBilly Slater is free to take his place in the Melbourne Storm's grand final side, his farewell game in the NRL.Slater was allowed to take his place after a judiciary hearing which took just under three hours with almost 50 minutes of deliberation.But former referee's boss Greg MacCallum was a guest on NRL 360 and slammed the shoulder charge rule."I think there's too much emphasis on the potential outcome rather than what happens on the field," MacCallum said."When you look at tonight's one, you see there's no impact on the head, there is some flex of the neck but was there intent to really put a hit on him?"I don't think so and I think that's where the 200 points is probably the thing that's going to challenge the game after tonight."Daily Telegraph journalist and NRL 360 host Paul Kent argued the severity of the charge is what is needed to eradicate it from the game."In order to eliminate a tackle in the game that we don't want in t