- Oct 17, 2011
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His intent was to hurt him, he could have easily held his arm without wrenching it back on that angle but he wanted to hurt him, even if minutely. Its just a dog act to a guy in a vulnerable positionTh bloke was sitting on the ball-he grabbed his arm- admittedly a little crudely- but there was no intention to injure. The fact that this was deemed intentional and not reckless is a joke. In all seriousness, i would have accepted 1 week- not 4. The penalty is a weak reaction to the hysteria of the last few days- not taking the incident on face value.