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Originally Posted by McG
If that's the going rate of suspension for this sort of thing, then fine.
I have a challenge with the incredible inconsistency in suspensions for wanton physical violence between players. For some of the things that get a game or two, and this gets 3 games, well I would like to see greater suspensions for violence between players.
I'm not sure that I link player v official events together though; did this happen because of the Wideman thing or did one thing impact the other? Of course not. So suspend for 3 games, but I can't pretend that this is 3 times worse than something that gets a 1 game suspension.
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Abuse of officials suspensions are automatic. In DeAngelo's case, it was category III, which specifically includes putting your hands on an official for the purpose of breaking free during a scrum. That carries a three game suspension. And no, it didn't happen because of Wideman. It only happens once every couple of years that a player loses his mind when being restrained by a linesman, but it happens. I think Carcillo in the 2014 playoffs was the last where a player got tagged for trying to manhandle his way out of an official's grasp. And he got six games because he already had a previous suspension on his record for verbal abuse of officials.