Umpire contact and head-high hits to attract harsher penalties, as concussion continues to be a red-button issue in contact sports around the world.
Most significantly, head-high contact will have an even stricter interpretation attached to it as concussion continues to be a red-button issue in contact sports around the world.
“Careless or intentional forceful front-on conduct, or rough conduct [high bumps], where high contact has been made, and that has the potential to cause injury, will usually be classified as either medium, high or severe impact [i.e. not low impact] even though the extent of the actual physical impact may be low [e.g. the victim player has suffered no apparent injury],” an AFL media release read.
“The AFL and AFLW regulations have been amended to require the tribunal to have regard to the number of elements of the offence [aggressive, forceful, demonstrative and/or disrespectful], which are established in determining the sanction for intentional contact with an umpire, with the result that the more elements that are present, the harsher the sanction that may be imposed,” the release stated.
“Where minor contact is made [in addition to where no contact is made), the MRO can charge a player with an attempt to trip.”
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