There's been a lot of talk recently about the lengths of bans handed out to player. Brive's Axel Muller's and the horrendous appalling head-high tackle that only resulted in a five-week ban is the obvious one that has got people talking.
For me, it's only served to highlight the problems within the game right now when it comes to red cards and the citing process. When you look at referee's red card decisions, whether you agree with them or not, you can see that they are pretty consistent across the board.
To a degree, there's an inconsistency sometimes, but the biggest inconsistency is in the citing procedure and the bans handed out afterwards. I think the problem is you have too many people involved in the process, some of which have not been players or referees themselves at the highest level.
