re: Lets have a discussion about red cards

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They maintained that decisions in the first half, especially straight red card decisions, should be evaluated differently than similar decisions in the second half. Their reasoning was that a red card in the first half, particularly early in the first half, is similar to that of a "death sentence," while a red in the second half is more similar to a "10 year jail sentence."

Basically, since the punishment for a red card in the first half is much more harsh than a red in the second, the ref should be much more hesitant to pull the red out of his pocket, effectively judging the decisions differently.

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I disagree. To further your analogy.... "Do the crime, do the time."

A shitty, dangerous tackle (or any red-card worthy foul) should be judged the same, without regard to time or place.

I've probably played 500+ refereed matches in my lifetime, and in general, I'm a real bastard on the field..... and I've never been red carded. Know your boundaries, know a ref's boundaries. If you're too stupid to stay behind the boundary, that's on you and you alone.