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It sets a powerful precedent if Williams escapes a portion of his deserved penalty simply because he was concussed.
I would suggest that with all the knocks that rugby league players cop in every match, they could all plead innocence on that grounds in the future, if this decision is allowed to be affected by such medical grounds. Just about every prop in the game is concussed by the end of the match -- will such medical evidence be taken into account if a player head-highs someone else, or even king-hits them?
Just like the "he was too drunk to know what he was doing" argument in criminal court procedings, any such decision that factors in the concussion of a player will be to the detriment of the judiciary. The system is already flawed without the judiciary complicating things.
I would suggest that with all the knocks that rugby league players cop in every match, they could all plead innocence on that grounds in the future, if this decision is allowed to be affected by such medical grounds. Just about every prop in the game is concussed by the end of the match -- will such medical evidence be taken into account if a player head-highs someone else, or even king-hits them?
Just like the "he was too drunk to know what he was doing" argument in criminal court procedings, any such decision that factors in the concussion of a player will be to the detriment of the judiciary. The system is already flawed without the judiciary complicating things.