On the soccer comment, as a long time wingback, I call that "Saturday." That's an ordinary foul and maybe a touchy ref gives a yellow, particularly if someone was on a break. That is not a red. In D3 in a rivalry game an attacker briefly got past me on the sideline then tried to seal the deal by sliding over in front of me and hitting the brakes. I clumsily basically football tackled him as I caught up and plowed over him.
Yellow.
You're only getting a red for them being in on goal and you haul them downfrom behind. "DOGSO." That's why I always made my last gasps slide tackles trying to play the ball. And you only do the slide if you can look like you're doing it from in front and with a chance at ball.
It should be "called" in either TF or soccer because it's a full arm shove to send him out of the way and likely affect his race, not a "nudge" or "shoulder charge" where the 2 mutually bang fighting over space and if he falls it's more of an accident.
This is a red card. He tackled him from behind. Being in 2nd place just 120 meters from the finish line is the definition of having a clear shot on goal for our sport.
no, he tried to go around to the left, didn't have the room, and tried to create it with a sideways shove since he'd committted himself to a mistake.
what league do you play in where a sideways push is a red? like i said, that's "saturday" in any league anyplace. you'll get called and maybe a yellow. only way you're getting a red for a mild shove like that is DOGSO -- he's in on goal and you just bring him down. but most of the field it's fairly standard issue stuff.
what tends to get reds are more violent, studs into legs, cynical attempts to stop a goal. this is more on the level of a yellow in soccer -- professional foul.
however in track it's a DQ offense because you just literally shoved someone down and ruined their race. in the olympics we'd either give the guy a rerun or advance them to the next round, then DQ you.
it didn't strike me as particularly vicious where you need to protect the meet from them, which is more the sentiment on kicking someone out of the meet. people posted a bunch of those type examples. sustained contact, harder blows, stuff to the face or head, use of the baton. this is just on the aggressive end of mild. the sin to me is the full arm shove rather than shoulder bump. that and we both know dude had no room to get forward then tried and failed to make some.
i am not being that indulgent since i think he gets DQ'd, and it's particularly silly in the "video everywhere" era. it's no longer your word vs. his and subjectivity and trying to sort it out. pop tape in. he shoved him. he's gone.
the rough part is at this level, as opposed to a world meet, you're done. there is no re-heat, they don't put him in with the next set, or advance him, or otherwise fix it. which is bad because you can basically take someone out this way then.
that being said, it's probably that i ate track about 3 times in hurdle meets, then finished, including as higha s 2nd or 3rd, where it's like, are you serious with the "he could have been badly hurt" stuff. he was pushed towards the middle of the track, not contacted on a steeple hurdle/moat, banged into going over a hurdle, his pole didn't snap.