Red cards in AFL?

[Kent Brockman]

Is it time for red cards in footy? It seems a bit bullshit that Steven May can intentionally knock Stefan Martin out and play out the match.

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2016-04-16/martin-knocked-out-after-big-hit-from-may.mobileapp


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[Rise_up_Stiffy]

I agree. Only to be used sparingly, but what is stopping a player from destroying the oppositions superstar like that to decide an important final?

 

[base615]

Most definitely for severe incidents like that.

Send them off, automatic 6 game ban. Match review panel can overturn it if the decision is incorrect, not the other way around.

 

[Nutsngum]

I agree. Only to be used sparingly, but what is stopping a player from destroying the oppositions superstar like that to decide an important final?

Has it actually been an issue in the past though?

Not against the idea but it would certainly have to be one adjudicated properly otherwise accidents might end up sending someone off.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Hits like that used to happen every week.

 

[hawkgal02]

I like the idea of a penalty box.
They could put them in the middle of the opposition teams cheersquad

 

[southwest bomber]

No.

 

[MWPP]

For hits like the one the OP is talking about
http://m.afl.com.au/news/2016-04-16/martin-knocked-out-after-big-hit-from-may.mobileapp
Yes please
Isn't fair that Brisbane are now one -down , because of the thug act
May has a history too

 

[SwampCreature]

Every Tassie game would end with 18 v 5 players. Because umpires love Tassie.

Seriously, think of all the simple things umpires already can't get right - and you want to give them power to send someone off?

 

[peppy la pew]

Been saying it for ages, you take a player out with a hit like that, feet off the groun no eyes on the ball, then you deserve to sit out the game.

 

[wowlace]

****ing disgusting act. Give him 10 weeks.

 

[Kram]

Geez, can you imagine is someone like Razor Ray had the power to send someone off?

No thanks.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Ablett shoved him into May

 

[Underarm]

No. Umpires are Idiots, and have a tendency to overreact.

The 4 week ban is deterrent enough.

 

[juss]

No. I would not trust the umpires to make the right call. For the incident today, give an 8 week suspension. That should send a clear message.

 

[MWPP]

When a player deliberately takes out an opposition player in a final , the rule will finalLY change .

 

[TW Sherrin]

Is it time for red cards in footy? It seems a bit bullshit that Steven May can intentionally knock Stefan Martin out and play out the match.

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2016-04-16/martin-knocked-out-after-big-hit-from-may.mobileapp


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Did he knock out a lions player?

 

[TW Sherrin]

Hits like that used to happen every week.

The good old days

 

[Hawkers]

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.

Edit: I just saw the hit. It was a good hit. He'll get a few weeks for it and that's punishment enough. Send off rule is just stupid and it must definitely is stupid in this case

 

[Kram]

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.

 

[The 747]

No. I would not trust the umpires to make the right call. For the incident today, give an 8 week suspension. That should send a clear message.

I saw 8 and 10 weeks suggested so I clicked on the video expecting to see an assault

 

[Dennis Trumpet]

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

 

[The 747]

When a player deliberately takes out an opposition player in a final , the rule will finalLY change .

We did that in 1989, repeatedly.

 

[liz]

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?

 

[Jables]

Hell no, umpires would send off too many players for clean hits. Never been an issue.