Red cards in AFL?

[burningdwarf]

Doesn't have to be in the play umpire that makes the call. When the play's stopped for a concussion like there was then, could easily have time to view the footage, see the flog jump with his shoulder into Martin's head, and send him off*.






*would prefer to deregister the grub.

 

[SherbertLemon]

we should redesign the ball to a rounder shape, remove the ability to dispose and possess the ball with your hands. Also, get rod of the points and make it just goals. We should make goals just one point too. Let's have a designated player who can guard these, colloquially termed, "the goalie".

Make out of bounds the last touch, and let them throw the ball in. Also let's make the pitch smaller, and rectangular shaped.

Eliminate tackling the man, and make the contest for the ball only. Bugger the bounce, just let one team have the ball and call it "the kick-off".

I suppose you're getting my point by now.

 

[shinboner spiggs]

Nope, A loose man across the ground is too big of a disadvantage. I don't trust the umpires to deal them out appropiately either. People that will deserve them will get away with it and people undeserving will be punished

But what about the opposition who lose a player due to an intentional act?

Definitely for intentional, out of play acts. Barry hall vs Staker for example.

 

[MWPP]

How many incidents can you think of when it might have been warranted? Possibly this May incident (though not entirely clear cut). Certainly Hall vs Staker. Not a whole heap more between the two.

Then think of how the umpires give free kicks all the time for contact they don't actually see. Do you still want to give them the power to send players off?

Thanks for acknowledging Hall v Staker despite being a Sydney fan
Also Vickery v Cox

 

[Baz_hawk]

May really doesn't have much between the ears does he, serial offender and will sit out a month of footy, if not more.

 

[Kent Brockman]

What the hell is wrong with you people that are saying yes to this??

Football has never needed a red card, even when it was violent.
Today's football is so much more clean than it used to be so if it didn't need it then we don't need it now
You're trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

Doesn't exist? Did you see the hit in the Brisbane game? Imagine if that was a Grand Final, heads would roll

 

[Scotland]

I wouldn't mind cards being in play.

Today two St Kilda players were called 'not 15, play on!' 20m out from Hawthorn's goal which led to a Hawks goal to get them back within a kick. Had either of them turned around and said any of the 9,000 insulting and accurate things that the people posting in the GameDay thread did then the umpire probably would've paid another free kick for abuse and gifted the Hawks another goal. Surely a better result in that instance is a yellow card and fine for the player involved.

Also the AFL is more like the NRL/Super Rugby when it comes to technology than any soccer competition. Soccer is less of a stop-start game and they don't like using replays for anything except the ball crossing the goal line. If a serious incident occurs during the game that leads to a player being hurt the game will stop what's wrong with the umpire who is going to pay a free kick and report the player anyway sending it upstairs? There are 974 umpires involved in each game, surely one can watch a replay and concur that some dirty elbow throwing sniper can sit the rest out on the pine.

 

[burningdwarf]

Barry Hall would have been playing every six weeks for the last few years of his career if we had red cards.

 

[beta_condition]

Was that hit really bad? left the ground which we hurt him but it was just a decent front on bump?

 

[Spongebob]

WAFL had it in the early 90s, might have only lasted 1 season. Shane Strempel iirc was the first and maybe the only player to get sent off.

I grew up with Phil O'Rielly who became a WAFL umpire. Supposedly the first to send off a player, and the tribunal threw out the report -- this according to his mother.

 

[Hawkers]

Doesn't exist? Did you see the hit in the Brisbane game? Imagine if that was a Grand Final, heads would roll

Just saw it and edited my post. Nothing in that hit deserves a send off

 

[Kram]

I grew up with Phil O'Rielly who became a WAFL umpire. Supposedly the first to send off a player, and the tribunal threw out the report -- this according to his mother.

swannies might remember the incident.

 

[YippeeYiYeo]

No, this isnt soccer

 

[B4Bear]

Thanks for acknowledging Hall v Staker despite being a Sydney fan
Also Vickery v Cox

add Hodge vs Swallow. Even though he came back on, it was a dog act.

 

[The 747]

Was that hit really bad? left the ground which we hurt him but it was just a decent front on bump?

No, good hit just got him high so he'll pay. Overreaction thread.

 

[burningdwarf]

Was that hit really bad? left the ground which we hurt him but it was just a decent front on bump?

Not shown on some of the replays, but he did a reasonable jump so has to get Martin in the head with his shoulder. One of the worst hits I can remember in a fair while.

 

[billy fragos]

In instances where an intentional hit causes a player to be removed from the ground absolutely.

 

[TW Sherrin]

Doesn't exist? Did you see the hit in the Brisbane game? Imagine if that was a Grand Final, heads would roll

So you would 've been happy with Alistair Lynch getting a red card in the gf? would've cost you a flag.

 

[Kent Brockman]

So you would 've been happy with Alistair Lynch getting a red card in the gf? would've cost you a flag.

Yep. If there was a red card rule Lynch wouldn't have made that hit

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

I'd like a sin bin as well as a proper send off rule for the more severe actions

 

[TW Sherrin]

No, good hit just got him high so he'll pay. Overreaction thread.

Agree. Stupid thread.

 

[TW Sherrin]

Yep. If there was a red card rule Lynch wouldn't have made that hit

Oh ok. Whatever suits your team. Sheesh.

 

[Kent Brockman]

Oh ok. Whatever suits your team. Sheesh.

I don't think you understand what I'm saying.

If there was a red card rule, players would be more careful. May would have thought twice before jumping into Stef's head.

 

[Personman]

I think an umpire ruining a match by wrongly sending off a player early in a big game (final) would be worse, so no.

A sin-bin maybe is as far as I'd take it, but even then the umps would probably dish them out too often for really soft stuff and ruin games. Just don't like umps having that much power.

 

[jamaican_eagle]

Looked similar to the Lloyd/Sewell hit