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Putting Ginnivan aside, if people are honestly serious about protecting the head, then this kind of action MUST be removed from the game.
The players are offered protection through the rules. If they make a conscious decision to exploit those rules for a cheap free kick, they have waived their right to said protection (within reason).
If you give someone a bullet proof vest as protection, and that person then chooses not to wear it while diving in front of bullets constantly, refusing to change their actions, do you take the vest away until they can prove that they're capable of protecting themselves? Or do you just let them continue to behave the same way until they eventually get hurt?
Meanwhile, the people who are watching him get shot are blaming the person who gave him the vest, and instead of encouraging the guy to wear his vest and stop jumping in front of bullets, they are telling the shooter to aim elsewhere.
That goes for the Selwoods, Ginnivans and everyone in between.
You can't protect people from themselves, if they refuse to accept the protection given.
The players are offered protection through the rules. If they make a conscious decision to exploit those rules for a cheap free kick, they have waived their right to said protection (within reason).
If you give someone a bullet proof vest as protection, and that person then chooses not to wear it while diving in front of bullets constantly, refusing to change their actions, do you take the vest away until they can prove that they're capable of protecting themselves? Or do you just let them continue to behave the same way until they eventually get hurt?
Meanwhile, the people who are watching him get shot are blaming the person who gave him the vest, and instead of encouraging the guy to wear his vest and stop jumping in front of bullets, they are telling the shooter to aim elsewhere.
That goes for the Selwoods, Ginnivans and everyone in between.
You can't protect people from themselves, if they refuse to accept the protection given.
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