Should hair pulling in football be violent conduct?

Sahadan kritik gelişmeler geliyor. Should hair pulling in football be violent conduct? Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Everton manager David Moyes said VAR Chris Kavanagh should have been "embarrassed" for advising a red card review after Michael Keane pulled the hair of Wolves' Tolu Arokodare By Dale Johnson Football issues correspondent Published 13 minutes ago 63 Comments Not for the first time this season a Premier League manager was left incensed by a red card for hair pulling. On this occasion it was Manchester United manager Michael Carrick, who described Lisandro Martinez's dismissal against Leeds United on Monday as a "shocking decision".

In January Everton boss David Moyes said it was "ridiculous" that Michael Keane was sent off against Wolves . It has been consistent in the Premier League at least. If there has been definitive evidence of a hair pull, it has led to a video assistant referee (VAR) intervention for violent conduct and a three-match ban.

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But this one-size-fits-all approach is controversial. Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer summed up the general opinion of former players on Breakfast. "Never a red card, not in the Premier League," former England striker Shearer said of Martinez's dismissal.

"We need to be careful about where the game is heading if that is being deemed violent conduct and a red card. It's not what we want to see. " So why is hair pulling always seen as a red card?

What makes it violent conduct? And does a player really deserve to miss three matches because of it? 'If we see it again next week, it will be the same outcome' Cast your mind back to August 2022.

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Tottenham defender Cristian Romero tugged back Chelsea 's Marc Cucurella by his hair. The VAR, Mike Dean, opted not to intervene for an obvious red card. It created a line in the sand.

From that point on, a zero tolerance approach was adopted. Has the hair been tugged? Then it is a red card for violent conduct.

A strict application means we have to accept that there are cases, like Keane and Martinez, where the punishment appears too severe. It is a bit like handball in the Champions League. People do not like some of the penalties, but they know what they are getting.

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