Quote: Chris71 "Total b0llox as you don't know whether it was or wasn't deliberate unless you are Chris Houston. Looking at the video over and over you can see Houston looks twice and each time he looked Bentham is crabbing to the right, so Houston in the line he is running would miss Bentham had he not stopped and then leaned in to the left. As Houston has looked he has clearly made attempts to see where he is going.
There also has to be some responsibility on behalf on Bentham and the officials, as Bentham being a professional and experienced ref should know that when a kick goes up a chase will ensue. Bentham has a responsibility to make sure he is out of the way for both his and the players safety. just because he is an official it doesn't make him infallible.'"
Oh it's bollox is it?
Houston has a quick look straight ahead where bentham is, he doesn't alter his course one iota. You sound like a muppet motorist, they crash into shizzle all the time and claim they didn't see anything and yet the law just like the rules of RL say it's your responsibility to not hit things you ought not to. That this isn't the first time AND he has an obvious look it's not just reckless it's deliberate.
It IS a deliberate action, he made a deliberate decision not to alter his course despite having looked ahead/where Bentham was, he had about 18metres to make a decision and didn't do squat.
I suppose if your wife or child are slammed into the back of by a motorist who looks but carries on anyway and causes them harm you'll be well it was just an 'accident'
Make players think more about their actions just as the justice system and police should make motorists think more about their actions, that isn't by bottling it with a light sentence.
