| FORUMS > Bradford Bulls > Edit: Elliot Bitehead - 5 games, no appeal planned |
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He got what he deserves, now move on. It will all be forgotten in a year's time unless he repeats it, which I've never known anyone do. Whitehead is guilty of trying too hard, which probably explains his error rating.
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Hope he's apologised to the player involved as well.
As much as we don't need another player missing the rest of this season they are right to give a significant ban for biting.
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Brainless. But I bet he doesn't do it again.
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I thought he wouldn't get a ban for this. If I were a player and someone bit me, I'd do a bit more than cry to the ref. Cox's reaction wasn't of someone who had just been bitten. What a stupid thing for Whitehead to do.
On the plus side, it's a rest for the lad and our season is over. No chance of burnout for him this time round.
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I thought cox reacation was that of a hard stance, clearly see him rubbing off the mark, still the women will go crazy over him.
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| Quote: phillgee "I thought he wouldn't get a ban for this. If I were a player and someone bit me, I'd do a bit more than cry to the ref. ..'" Which would be really dumb beyond belief. Twot him, get yourself sent off and banned, and maybe lose your team the game? HKR will be glad their player has more brains. |
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| Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "Which would be really dumb beyond belief. Twot him, get yourself sent off and banned, and maybe lose your team the game? HKR will be glad their player has more brains.'"
agreed but in a high impact collision sport where the adrenaline is pumping high, an incident like that would tip some players into fighting. especially the ones used as a battering ram.
see Scruton when Catalans came to town. Donaldson copped a high shot and Scruton was straight in there wanting to sort out the offender. |
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If it is true that he was concussed to an extent that he wasn't in control of his actions, the side issue here is that if he was treated by a doctor on the pitch and allowed to stay on, that doctor ought to be under investigation for failing in his/her duty of care. Biting is not good, and realistically the ban had to happen, but there is something very troubling about that medical testimony...
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I would say Whitehead knew exactly what he was doing, a rush of blood maybe, but the medical angle is just the best excuse they could come up with.
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| Quote: tigertot "I would say Whitehead knew exactly what he was doing, a rush of blood maybe, but the medical angle is just the best excuse they could come up with.'"
In which case the doctor has produced misleading professional evidence.
GMC don't like that much either. |
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This article scared the sh it out of the tigress, even though I've not played for nearly 20 years:
www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/ ... -destroyed
What is equally concerning is Amercian footballers all have highly developed head protection & play far less minutes than RL players.
The amount of times I saw Ronnie Gibbs knock himself out with the shear impact of his defence, refuse medical aid & stagger around the pitch for 5 minutes while he 'ran it off'. |
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This article scared the sh it out of the tigress, even though I've not played for nearly 20 years:
www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/ ... -destroyed
What is equally concerning is Amercian footballers all have highly developed head protection & play far less minutes than RL players.
The amount of times I saw Ronnie Gibbs knock himself out with the shear impact of his defence, refuse medical aid & stagger around the pitch for 5 minutes while he 'ran it off'. | |
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| Quote: tigertot "This article scared the sh it out of the tigress, even though I've not played for nearly 20 years:
powerful article. I wonder how much the RFL know about this kind of thing?
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| Quote: phillgee "agreed but in a high impact collision sport where the adrenaline is pumping high, an incident like that would tip some players into fighting. especially the ones used as a battering ram.
see Scruton when Catalans came to town. Donaldson copped a high shot and Scruton was straight in there wanting to sort out the offender.'"
Erm scutes ran in to defend his team mate.. But different to biting! Lowest of the low biting someone always thought whitehead was brainless |
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| Quote: phillgee "powerful article. I wonder how much the RFL know about this kind of thing?'"
The implications are almost too much to comprehend. Generally the benefits of sport to individuals & society far outweigh the negatives. But how someone can defend boxing (which I enjoy) after reading this is difficult. |
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| Quote: tigertot "This article scared the sh it out of the tigress, even though I've not played for nearly 20 years:
My wife has being going on about this article for ages. Its a serious issue. I have not read it but somewhere it refers to the impact of a tackle being equivalent to a car crash. If you were knocked out in a car crash, would any sane doctor let you off to play rugby later? There is going to be serious long term implications for some players if things don't change. The doc running on to the pitch and saying "How many fingers? Close enough - you are fine." has to be over.
Did players not used to have a mandatory two matches off after being knocked out? What happened to that? Where is the pressure coming from to make the players keep on playing? The RFL? The clubs? I wonder...
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