
Originally Posted by
Bremsstrahlung
Running in, is not an offence. If he runs in and stands there he doesn’t get sent off. I mention he “runs in” because he travels at least 20 metres, arrives well after the referee has given a yellow card to the offence and at this point, everyone is moving on. Then he arrives and pushes the player who falls.
Last time I checked, if a player “pushes” an opponent, it is a direct free kick, so pushing an opponent is an offence.
Pushing a player, who falls and ends up at the bottom of a melee could definitely be seen an endangering player safety.
My opinion, I’m okay with a yellow being given for the incident. But I’m responding to people saying this ref should never ref another game because of this decision. I’m providing perspective on how he may have reached that decision.
As has been mentioned, there seems to be a discrepancy between what the report says and what the footage shows. I think, to the letter of the law, you could send somebody off for confronting a player and pushing them to the ground in a violent manner.
If the send off was due to a “punch” that never happened, or a stomp that never happened, im okay with it being rescinded.
If it’s because the panel deemed that there was not excessive force, I’m also okay with that.
I only offered my 2 cents when there’s calls for a referee to hand in his license because of one call that some people disagree with. I don’t defend every decision referees make, but I’ll always advocate for treating them with respect and acknowledging those that give up their time to allow games to happen.