Originally Posted by
soupaman
Disappointing outcome. I'm not actually opposed to the 2/3 reprimands equals a 1 match ban, a bit like the yellow card accumulation in soccer I think it offers a lighter punishment for offences that does deal with repeat offenders. I do however think that players should be exempt from serving those punishments in finals. Instead the week suspension should carry over to the next home and away match, so in Brennans case round 1 next year.
I think this has multiple benefits:
-The AFL can still be seen to be cracking down on incidental or careless actions
-No player misses a final due to an action that wasn't malicious or even necessarily deliberate
-The player still gets punished, just at a later date
-Incidents worthy of an actual outright suspension still cause players to miss finals