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Yellow card.
It's a stop promising attack
I agree with all of your comments. I expect at some point a law change/modification to support a red card here.
I think I asked the question about comparison to rugby.
Just doesn't tick the boxes for me for a. Red cad offence. I think you would have a more difficult remainder of a game if you did than if you didn't send off
I think this is an example of what went wrong with DOGSO as they tried to idiot proof it by making it as black-and-white as possible. I'd like more judgment for referees to identify cynical, dangerous non-football fouls like this as send offs--which was more how it started.
(And I do think it is violent enough that a send off could be justified under the current laws. Never going to happen in a professional competition, but at some levels I think it is the right call and necessary to prevent retaliation.)