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<blockquote data-quote="Bullitt" data-source="post: 272517"><p>That sadly is opening up a can of worms - Let's use Neil Best as an example.</p><p></p><p>He was judged to have made "accidental contact with the eye area" and only that, yet received a lengthy ban. He's also now labelled as an "eye-gouger" by the great unwashed and misinformed (including the BBC and Skys lazy reporters who apparently have a lot of sway). Conversely, James Haskell was convicted of eye-gouging, but yet only received 1 weeks ban which the whole world has forgotten about. Next time either is pinged (should it ever happen), the eye gouge will technically be Bests first offence and Haskells second, I would bet a months wages that Best would receive a much sterner punishment.</p><p></p><p>The whole disciplinary system needs reworking from the ground up, run by an independent organisation, getting rid of the blazers and club/EPS bias and resetting to a worldwide standard organised by the IRB - so the ERB, SANZAR and all other unions have to adhere and work together/</p><p></p><p>That's the only way anything will ever be done. But as each organisation spend too much time looking after number 1, it's another part of the game that's stuck in the amateur era dissolving any hope that professionalism has of surviving in the long term.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullitt, post: 272517"] That sadly is opening up a can of worms - Let's use Neil Best as an example. He was judged to have made "accidental contact with the eye area" and only that, yet received a lengthy ban. He's also now labelled as an "eye-gouger" by the great unwashed and misinformed (including the BBC and Skys lazy reporters who apparently have a lot of sway). Conversely, James Haskell was convicted of eye-gouging, but yet only received 1 weeks ban which the whole world has forgotten about. Next time either is pinged (should it ever happen), the eye gouge will technically be Bests first offence and Haskells second, I would bet a months wages that Best would receive a much sterner punishment. The whole disciplinary system needs reworking from the ground up, run by an independent organisation, getting rid of the blazers and club/EPS bias and resetting to a worldwide standard organised by the IRB - so the ERB, SANZAR and all other unions have to adhere and work together/ That's the only way anything will ever be done. But as each organisation spend too much time looking after number 1, it's another part of the game that's stuck in the amateur era dissolving any hope that professionalism has of surviving in the long term. [/QUOTE]
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