T-Rex facing 7-10 week suspension

[Perth Red]

You've misunderstood my point. My point is acts of serious foul play are rare (due to the penalties) so the major injuries that can occur in regular play would be more offputting for a parent than injuries from foul play. I'm not saying the punishments should be more lenient (in most cases I think the penalties should be tougher) for these incidents but I'm saying if I was a parent looking to put my kid in rugby league I'd be more concerned about injuries that can occur during regular play.

I'd disagree, injuries in normal play are part and parcel of the game and can;t be avoided and are therefore more accepted by parents. Injuries from foul play always seem much much worse because there is the feeling they were unnecessary and could have been avoided if the opposition player played by the rules. I've seen plenty of black eyes caused by head clashes etc but ones caused by being punched or head butted always seem much worse though the injury remains the same. Fortunatly thuggish behaviour is a thing of the past and serious high tackles are all but gone. Spear tackles are just about the last of the really bad foul pays left, and are often misjudgements rather than any intent to injure.

 

[carcharias]

C'mon firechild...
If he'd played for any other team you would be agreeing with everyone else.
It was the worst tackle of that type I have seen in years.

Harrigan yesterday said he supported the decision by referees Ben Cummins and Gerard Sutton to penalise Williams and place him on report - but would also have agreed with a send-off."I told the two referees in our weekly debrief that I hadn't seen a tackle like that in a long, long time," Harrigan said.
"I would have applauded them if they had sent Williams off. I'm happy with the reporting system and the use of it by the referees (on Monday night). But if they had sent him off, I wouldn't have had any problem whatsoever.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...dangerous-tackle/story-e6frexnr-1226306611748

 

[Frailty]

Why does anyone expect Manly and their fans to accept it. They are even whinging about their schedule:

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/sea-eagles-left-to-wing-it-against-dragons-20120321-1vkcg.html

I used to always think the whinging came from Dessie, with the whole whinging about Brett Stewart continuously, etc. Turns out he was just the face of it and it is a cultural problem within the club.

So to the Manly fans out their - whinge, whinge, whinge, all you want. You are still a pack of dirty, cheating merkins.

 

[El Diablo]

Won't somebody please think of the children!

 

[The.X.Factor9]

Won't somebody please think of the children!

:sarcasm:

 

[firechild]

C'mon firechild...
If he'd played for any other team you would be agreeing with everyone else.
It was the worst tackle of that type I have seen in years.


http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...dangerous-tackle/story-e6frexnr-1226306611748

Try reading my posts instead of assuming that I'm whinging. I've said multiple times now that I thought 4-6 weeks was fair (then add 40% loading, the loading system is a whole other issue) and I think he deserved to be sent off.
I have raised 2 points though, the first being that there are plenty of other dangerous lift tackles that also had a great risk of severe neck injury (look a page or 2 back for examples of grade 3 and grade 5 tackles that look almost identical) but are graded differently and the grading seems to be arbitrary. If they want to get tough on dangerous lift tackles, why did Uate get 0 weeks? Surely it was worth some time on the sideline?
The second is that I think parents would be turned away by potential for severe injury during normal play (David Williams fractured vertebrae was my example) as much or more than the rare occurence of a tackle like this. I never suggested that penalties should be relaxed based on this, in fact I think the penalties seem to be doing their job because we are seeing fewer and fewer of these kind of tackles.

 

[carcharias]

try following the sharks...then you have a license to whinge like that.

 

[Coreyzz]

Should only deserve 3-4 weeks

 

[stormbati]

Rubbish decision. Ugly tackle but 7 weeks is overkill.

 

[Tommax25]

dear manly fans...remember when you merkins beat us when Douglas got sent off for far far far less than this?

well...each and everyone of you can tongue the unwiped anus of defeat .

Problem is he will probably be back in time to play the sharks again.

but like I said ..tongue away.

http://www.seaeagles.com.au/default...le=2011-Grand-Final---Behind-the-Scenes&name=

You mad, bro? You sound mad.