File this one under “show me don’t tell me”, but MLS executives are saying that the league plans to get tough on players that commit reckless tackles.
MLS’s executive vice president Nelson Rodriguez told Steven Goff that the league’s five-man disciplinary committee will be handing out harsher suspensions to players in 2012. Additionally, the league will suspend players retroactively, even if the call was missed on the field.
Rodriguez said to Goff:
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“We remain concerned about player safety and the frequent nature of certain challenges. As a result, and as part of an overall disciplinary code, we’ll put players and clubs on notice that, if this continues, they will be met with a more active disciplinary body.”
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Rodriguez didn’t indicate whether there was any plan to make sure the referee actually gets the call right in the first place.