'Reckless' = Red Card

[JH]

Sky Sports reporting on this 'reckless' challenge on Sane which received a red card
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11671369/pavkovs-red-card-tackle-on-sane

 

[one]

Sky Sports reporting on this 'reckless' challenge on Sane which received a red card
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11671369/pavkovs-red-card-tackle-on-sane

Quite common really. You hear it a lot with commentators on live coverage too.

 

[bester]

Mark Halsey and Keith Hackett love to say 'reckless with excessive force'; doesn't help.

 

[Sheffields Finest]

Oh for fox sake, when will they ever learn.....

 

[one]

Sky is the limit when it comes to ignorance

 

[Peter Grove]

Sky Sports reporting on this 'reckless' challenge on Sane which received a red card
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11671369/pavkovs-red-card-tackle-on-sane

We all know that the laws of the game use certain words in a highly idiosyncratic manner. Using layman's terms it's quite reasonable to describe such a tackle as reckless.

 

[Ciley Myrus]

We all know that the laws of the game use certain words in a highly idiosyncratic manner. Using layman's terms it's quite reasonable to describe such a tackle as reckless.

The public don't want to hear about excessive force, and endangering safety etc.....
1> they are not interested
2> its too much to digest

as we as officials know, reckless does not equate to a red card but the media have to pander to the lowest common denominators

 

[one]

Media ARE the lowest common deniminator

 

[Sheffields Finest]

There was one the other day... ball accidentally hits a players hand and the commentator said something like.... yes in the new hand ball rules for this season he has to of gained an advantage...... WHAT TAF

 

[Ciley Myrus]

Media ARE the lowest common deniminator

And they serve the masses. Who, if they did not want the media, would not log on/listen/read etc etc etc

 

[Sheffields Finest]

One of our local rags has a sports reporter who regurgitates rubbish, he posted a piece last year in which he’d made a grammar typo, I had great fun in winding him up about it and he didn’t take it too kindly, even his degree in English and some other crap didn’t stop him arguing the toss, I got one hell of a serious professional nibble, it was very funny as he was adamant he was right... he thought I was serious that it mattered!

 

[RustyRef]

In a non refereeing sense I can understand why people say it as reckless, obviously not the correct terminology in terms of law. Over the years I have seen countless referee reports saying they sent the player off because of a reckless challenge, and that is far more worrying.