I keep watching the footage and just can't see this driving motion, it all comes in one slow movement and Kreuzer goes to ground, it is genuinely different from others like McCarthy, Waite, and Stevens where there is a 2 movement motion and seemingly alot of force applied. Dangers looks like very little force and a one motion movementHe drove Kreuzer's head into the ground long after he got rid of the ball. In wrestling terms, it was almost like a DDT. All similar tackles this season where both arms have been pinned and the player has been knocked out or concussed have resulted in suspensions. People are only now up in arms because it is Dangerfield.
Whether you agree the action is worthy of a ban or not is irrelevant. There is precedent and there would have been much outrage that he got off because he is the Brownlow favourite. Part of me thinks direction came from the AFL to make sure there was a ban to avoid the shit storm they had after the Houli incident.