I know sports can get intense, but...

Originally posted by Tolgak The player should the suspended if not banned outright, the refs suspended and the head ref should be torn a new asshole by his employers.If I were the ref, I would have yellow-carded her first offense and red-carded the second. There's never a need to throw fists in non-combat sports, so the only logical deduction is that the player has switched from playing to fighting and should be removed from the field.Side note: It's funny how a fist-fight on the streets can get you arrested but more brutal fights in sports rarely bring about legal action. However lame it is that police get involved in public fights, it does make one wonder why fighting has become so accepted in sports.

Because in some sports it's part of the game. And they're still within certain bounds, and legal action has been taken before, even in hockey:
Bertuzzi

"...Bertuzzi began following Moore down the ice, attempting to provoke a fistfight. When Moore ignored him, Bertuzzi, behind Moore, grabbed the Colorado player's jersey and punched him in the back of the head. Bertuzzi, as well as several other players from both teams, then landed atop Moore as he fell to the ice. After lying on the ice for several minutes, Moore was removed on a stretcher. He suffered three fractured vertebrae in his neck, a grade three concussion, vertebral ligament damage, stretching of the brachial plexus nerves, and facial cuts. To date, Moore has not appeared in another professional hockey game."

"On June 24, 2004, the criminal justice branch of the British Columbia Ministry of the Attorney General announced that Bertuzzi was formally charged with assault causing bodily harm. On December 22, 2004, Bertuzzi pleaded guilty to the assault charge after arranging a plea bargain with prosecutors."

Originally posted by Uncle Rudder Soccer just got a whole hell of a lot more entertaining to watch

If all soccer was like this, I would actually watch soccer.