Tribunal change- thoughts?

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Jun 16, 2012
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With all the talk about sending players off right now, it's time something is done about deliberate acts. A send off rule will be a farce given we can't get goal reviews of protected area 50's right.

What I propose is a players suspension begins after the infringed player returns to the field. So let's say tigers keep prestia out for 2 weeks and Stewart receives a 4 week ban.. He would end up spending 6 weeks on the sidelines.
 
Gets too messy - what if the injured player got dropped for poor form at same time and didn't come back into seniors till end of year. Does the reported player miss the season??
 

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Messy - plus it downplays incidents like JHF on Kelly where no matches were missed but only really by luck? I thought for a second maybe it should only be for incidents graded intentional but Stewart showed you can take a player out with a head high bump with the ball away and get called careless so that doesn't work either.
 

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