Note to Eddie Robinson: You Can’t Do This in the YouTube Age

Eddie Robinson may have thought he’d gotten away with it.

As reported by Travis on our KC Wizards Offside blog, Eddie delivered a nasty elbow to the face of Kansas City player Tyson Wahl, hard enough to draw blood. But the ref didn’t see it, so there was no call.

Bet you felt pretty smug there, eh, Eddie?

But technology has the last laugh. The ref may not have seen it, but thanks to the miracle of replays and YouTube, the rest of us did. The play was reviewed by MLS, and the result was a three-game suspension and a $1000 fine. (His 2008 salary is $131,250, so it won’t hurt quite enough. But at least it’s something.)

Congrats to MLS for getting it right.

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