Forget words, written or spoken; visuals are needed – clear, unambiguous video clips of what foul play gets what punishment
Owen Doyle: Video nasties required to show just what merits a red cardAsking referees to decide “deliberate or intentional” is extremely unlikely to work in practice – clairvoyants they are not. Previously, they based their decisions on the degree of danger attaching to highly reckless acts, words which, strangely, seem to have disappeared from this version’s lexicon.
In practice, this is what we will see happening: the TMO advises foul play to the referee, who, as is common practice, although he may have seen it, will wait for confirmation before he whistles. To keep the game moving the referee will quickly examine just a few video angles, to confirm whether the offence meets the yellow card threshold. If so, the ref crosses his arms above his head and gives the offender a yellow card. That’s the signal for the bunker to get involved.
Heinous foul play – head butts, eye gouging, biting, testicle twisting, and a few choice other actions – will see the referee looking at more angles, and of course these will qualify as straight reds. The tucked arm, shoulder/head-to-head tackles will be deemed to meet the yellow threshold, so will not get the straight red which, up to now, they deserved. I would be very happy to be proved wrong on this point.
It’s also a very moot point if win-loss ratios should really have such prominence in the debate, which should have nothing but player safety at its core. Nevertheless, they have become part it.
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