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The problem then being that a judiciary often spends hours deliberating in order to discern whether an action is worth a 4 + week suspension, whether it is worth only a 1, or whether it is not punishable at all. The referee, with a far more limited view of the incident in question, isn't in a position to effectively rule on how bad the incident was in a far more limited time frame. Unless he is certain that an incident was deliberate, or if it caused serious injury to the player on the receiving end, he can not and should not send that player off for the offense.
As I have said before, Buderus didn't spear on purpose. The tackle left the Manly player unhurt, though shaken. It wasn't a sending off offense.
If the tackle was clearly a 4 + week offense, we wouldn't be discussing whether Buderus could still be playing in the finals. We are speculating about the judiciary's take on it because we're not certain what will turn up.
As I have said before, Buderus didn't spear on purpose. The tackle left the Manly player unhurt, though shaken. It wasn't a sending off offense.
If the tackle was clearly a 4 + week offense, we wouldn't be discussing whether Buderus could still be playing in the finals. We are speculating about the judiciary's take on it because we're not certain what will turn up.