Re: Moa : Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:19 am
Lee Tucker FC Fan 2006 wrote:
Hull FC forward Sam Moa has been suspended for the match against Salford and fined £300.
I posted on this way back before the conspiracy theories started - I think every club thinks they are badly done to: For what my neutral and objective opinion is worth, please read the whole thing before abusing me, I said this lots of times on Monday and agreed to disagree with Rock God - I actually think this is absolutely right and is the appropriate outcome for what was a careless head contact, not a scrap of malicious intent or anything, I don't think anyone is suggesting that.
I would like to see the talent in the game protected like this in the same way that studs up tackles are outlawed in football because even if you win the ball IE: don't commit a foul, the likelihood of injury is too great to the opposing player.
Where this goes wrong and I am sad to be a pessimist is; setting benchmark like this so early in the season is only good if it is enforced unilaterally. Sure there may be 4 or 5 red cards in the next few weekends, but then by the end of March everyone will be adjusted and life will go on. My fear, as always is that the RFL and Referee community WONT apply this directive evenly, referees can't see everything and that is what the video review panel is for.
In short, there is nothing wrong with this as a precedent now, if it is upheld as a precedent, and I am not being one-eyed, if that is Jonathan Walker, Craig Huby, Jake Emmitt, I will still be saying the same thing.