... that we put a red card in the pocket of the umpires?

Every year we seem to have on field incidents so abhorrent to get this discussion going again.

I'm struggling to think of another professional sport on the planet that doesn't have the option to send a player from the field for an act of foul play.

I'm struggling even more for a legitimate excuse for it not to happen in the AFL, particularly given it happens at EVERY other level of the sport.

It need not mean a team plays short. You could replace the player on the field and still send the offending player to the dressing rooms.

Happy, and genuinely curious, for an argument to the contrary.