[quote="MR FRISK":2ryjfvvk]The Barrie McDermott elbow and Cassidy elbow would be a lifetime ban and possible jail spell if it happend today

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i get that we dont want to see that sort of play, although at the time, as a fan i was probably cheering

, but equally, the game has been seriously sanitised from a foul play perspective, so dishing out big bans and punishing offenders more than once for the same offence (by accruing points) doesnt feel right to me. If it warrants a ban, then yes, ban the player but dont then say, if you commit another tackle that warrants a ban, then it almost instantly becomes a game extra from the previous one, even if it isnt as bad. Surely each ban should be based on that tackle
i also get that it will probably catch out low level offenders or "the he's got a good record" so he hasnt got a ban for previous good record (well he wont, if you let them off all the time), and they will eventually tot up enough points, so works for me on that front,