AFL is walking a dangerous line here. If they continue to suspend players based on the opponent becoming concussed then where will they draw the line? Eventually we are going to see an incident where a player goes to take a speccy and gives their opponent a knee to the back of the head which results in concussion. Intent was to mark the ball in a legally allowed football action, player could have alternatively contested the mark by not jumping onto to the opponents back, Will this be a suspendable offence? Intent should be the deciding factor in determining suspension or else we are going to end up losing all of the things that make our game great. Surely a legal football action (tackle, mark, smother, etc.) should not result in a suspension if the intent was fair. How do you accurately judge the intent of the action? Well that’s what your getting paid the big bucks for Mr.Christian.
