The Barrie McDermott elbow and Cassidy elbow would be a lifetime ban and possible jail spell if it happend today

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,

I think totting up makes sense for minor offences (e.g. a couple of offences by the same player which weren't quite enough for a ban on their own being combined to make a ban for a subsequent offence) but I think it falls down when you take serious ones into account (e.g. If a player commits a serious offence early in the season and cops a long ban, I don't think he should then automatically cop a massive ban for a minor offence later in the year).

Not sure I've explained that well. Example: someone does a Ben Flower in game 1 and gets a 12 match suspension (54 points). If he serves that then upon his return does a mistimed high tackle worth 1 point, I don't think he should get another 12 matches for it, but presumably he would do as he would be on 55 points.

Get your point and agree, but only half the previous points carry forward I think

There's also other flaws but it's been a long day and I need to go to bed