(01-27-2018, 08:59 PM)DragonFury Wrote:

(01-27-2018, 07:46 PM)DarloJAG84 Wrote: So what about in Association Football/Soccer.. where the outcome of red cards vs yellow card and retrospective bans are based on whether the incident is deemed to have malicious intent or not.

Sure, in these cases, at the time of the incident there may be a 'straight red card' but upon review post match and appeal, they are often rescinded if there is no intent.

There are instances where that does apply.

Very well then, almost everywhere. But the point remains the same: the rules are written as to judge what actually happened, not what a player's intention was.

Yes, the rules are written for that, that's not being disputed.

Personally, I don't think the rules should be quite so rigid. With the technology in place, they should be able to reflect on things retrospectively and punish accordingly, rather than saying "that's what happened, so let's slap a fine on them". That's my humble opinion.

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