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Old 11-10-2008, 01:34 PM   #506
Fidatelo
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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Originally Posted by samifan24 View Post
Like I said before, I'm not saying that the only thing the league should do is suspend players that injure other players. I'm saying that should think about adding that in addition to the other suspensions they place on players were the player in question is not injured.

You know, I wouldn't be so against this line of thinking if people didn't take it too far (like you did originally) and say that the offender should be out for the same amount of time as the victim. I could definitely get behind a rule that went something like this:

suspension = (infraction factor + intent factor + severity of injury factor) x repeat offender factor

where

infraction factor is a table listing all possible infractions (obviously with some catch-alls for crazy stunts we can't imagine) and what the base fine should be.

intent factor is a table listing the assumed level of intent (obviously subjective but what can you do) and a value associated with it (so maybe accidental = 0, some intent = 3, malacious intent = 5... this would need to be thought through but you get my point).

severity of injury factor is again a table where the number of games estimated to be missed by the victim is linked to a value (so maybe 0 games = 1, 1-5 games = 2, 6-15 games = 3, 16-25 games = 5, 25-82 = 10, 83+ = 20).

repeat offender factor would just be the number of times the offender has been suspended in the past.
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