i take your point red and white but what you may see as a challenge not worthy of a yellow a ref will see as one that if let go will carry onto and develop into the next tackle or the player who took the challenge feels agrieved and goes looking for retribution.you simply cannot let a match get away from you or out of control as all hell breaks lose and fellas are free to do as they please.
how many fellas feel agrieved getting a yellow cos its the first tackle they made or its the first minute of a game? if you leave a fella go for those reasons then are ya supposed to continue for the rest of the 90 like that because if you do there will be 22 a 22 man brawl for sure.
i'd love not to book a fella for his first tackle or because its very early in a game but you then set a very dangerous precident then.
there are fellas playing that still think that getting the ball is 100% justification for any type of tackle.
winning the ball is irrelevant if the tackle is reckless and dangerous.
as for it being a fiver per yellow and 25 per red i agree. it is terrible in the times we live for clubs and players to be hit with those fines but i cant and dont let that effect my decision and we are certainly not influenced in any way shape or form to give cards in order to make money. thats just insulting to everyones intellegence.
another point is that with a ref he is tarnished for life if he makes a bad decision. if i give an important call against you and you feel i was wrong then i could go onto ref a world cup final and i will still be awful in your eyes.
we dont get reprieves.
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