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Originally Posted by burnitdown
Yes, as others have already mentioned, you don't have to prove deliberation to suspend a player. Kassian breaking Gagner's jaw was a perfect example. It's debatable whether he did it on purpose but nonetheless, his carelessness caused an injury and led to an 8 game suspension.
Just curious as to your opinion (as I believe you're feeling he shouldn't be suspended at all) - would you agree that Wideman was careless on the play? And if so, shouldn't a careless action resulting in body contact to a referree be suspendable?
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Jeepers, you'd think I hadn't said it twelve times in this thread. The rule on player-official contact requires more than carelessness. It requires intent. Player-player contact is a useless comparison because (a) they usually intend the hit - just not the consequence and (b) there are several rules which penalize carelessness for that contact.
If you think there's a carelessness rule for "abuse of official"- please show it.