Quote: JIMMY MAGNETS "Just watched the incident again. Jones walks away from the tackle then goes down on his knee holding his nose. Never in a million years does it warrant a ban for that. Don't care what anyone says a ban for that is a disgrace.Ive watched the game 35 years and if that warrents a ban then I don't know where the game is going .something needs to change.RANT OVER!'"
Remember he's been banned for what happened after, i.e. pulling on the collar of Jones shirt - Not for the initial contact
I can just about get my head around the fact he shouldn't have done that - However It goes back to the original point that there is absolutely no Negative for any player going down even if they are Milking it etc. and going down to try & get VR to look at the instance (Obviously TV games have another layer of complexity which is a whole other story I've been banging on about for years) to gain a penalty.
And if there was a negative to going down, i.e. the game played on or the player had to leave the field for say 2mins or whatever then there would be less reason for teams to be coached/use that tactic to go down.