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Message: [QUOTE="Foordy, post: 3451888, member: 1769"] Ryan Matterson has chosen to take a 3 match ban instead a $4k fine for his grapple tackle in the GF he says: “I just feel $4000 is pretty hefty considering I have already paid nearly $4000 in fines already this year for things that are absurd,” Matterson said. “At the end of the day I’ve got personal things to worry about outside of rugby league. I just didn’t think it was warranted … “If you do something wrong at work, they don’t take money off you. “At the end of the day, I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m playing rugby league, it’s just getting quicker and quicker and people are getting stronger and stronger – and the game keeps changing rules. “The fines need to go.” [B][I]Matterson said he was shocked that he received a ban when Panthers playmaker Jarome Luai escaped sanction after appearing to strike out at an Eels player with his foot.[/I][/B] “It didn’t make sense to me,” Matterson said. “At the time I thought it was definitely a penalty, but I didn’t think it would go much further than that. “It makes you think ‘Where is this game heading?’ ” [B][I]Matterson said he was stunned that any sanction above an on-field penalty was warranted.[/I][/B] “To be honest, the way Dylan backed in towards me and kept driving his legs, I tried to get his head out,” Matterson said. “He just kept backpedalling – I’m not going to let him backpedal 100 metres. So I had to stop him. There wasn’t much in it. It was the typical look of a crusher tackle, but there was no pressure involved. “I was very shocked they said four weeks [if Matterson had gone to the judiciary and be found guilty]. I guess that’s what they are cracking down on. “To be honest, four weeks for that incident itself is blown way out of [proportion]. “You’ve got to have more consistency. There’s a lot of things that are getting swept under the carpet.” [/QUOTE]

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