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Yep. Definitely has to be done via video review. Say they have 15 minutes after the incident to make a call. Not the umpires, somebody off field. Not fair on the umpires to expect them to make a call in real time - the game is hard enough on them as it is.I am coming around to the red card. As the rule currently stands, it benefits (potentially) only the teams that play the suspended players team afterwards. The impacted team is still down one man.
My only issue with the red card is the AFL ****s up just about everything and red cards will be given in the wrong circumstances within the first week of a red card system being in place.
My view is it would only be for blatant dirty acts. So Jimmy Webster in preseason gets it. Sam Powell-Pepper in preseason line ball. But Peter Wright and Toby Greene who both were (clumsily) contesting a mark are ok to play on, as is Callum Brown who collected McCartin in a contest for the ball and I feel more of a big deal was made about that than warranted because of who he ran into.