just_browny wrote:I know it's not the done thing to defend the RFL (I'm the sort of person who stands up for local councils on Facebook pages) but I think the intention here is the correct one.
The new system is intended to (1) take players' previous dodgy record into account in a more consistent way and (2) reduce frivolous appeals. I support both of those objectives.
I still think some of the rulings from the disciplinary panel (Vaughan x2) are complete nonsense and, on balance, I agree it will be better to start everyone off from a clean slate - as I suspect will happen now.
I concur. Carrying naughtiness over from last season could have been the best thing for Vaughan’s discipline lapses.