Received an unwarranted yellow in rugby thread

I understand things are a bit tense in the rugby forum right now but I believe I received an unwarranted yellow because a mod missed the point I made and jumped to a conclusion that I was 'implying' provincial bias, when the goal of the example I chose was purposefully to avoid that charge.

Below is my post, where I made a comparison to the selection decision to another team and chose a province, as it was the easiest for us both to relate. The mod would have a point in the card if I was talking about the Aki's performances dropping for Ireland, where provincial allegiances could come into it due to him being replaced by a player from another province, but I specifically chose to mention his performances for Connacht, as he would be replaced by other Connacht players and no provincial bias could be claimed.

Foxtrol wrote: »

From how the team performed during the WC when Sexton wasn't on the pitch some signs point that it could very well have been much worse.

I hope to see your view to stay consistent and you'll call for Aki to be benched for a Champions Cup or key Pro 14 game if he has any poor run of form for Connacht in the future, no matter who the next choice ends up being available.

The other poster themselves even understood and accepted the point I made, responding twice and even paraphrasing my point, but when I highlighted this to the mod they still refused to even discuss their decision.

ClanofLams wrote: »

I never said Sexton should be dropped. I said leaving him on the pitch for 72 minutes when he’s the worst player on the field sends out a bad message to the squad.

As for your example, I would be fine with Robb and Godwin starting. But I appreciate the point you are making about inexperience of back ups. I actually said on here earlier this week that Sexton couldn’t have been dropped for Cardiff due to Carty’s inexperience but he should have been off much earlier.

I could have used any team from any sport for the example I was trying to make but I chose the easiest to explain it. It is ridiculous that a mere mention of a province now can result in a yellow. If that is the case then the mods need to make that clear that there should be no mention of provinces at all and be consistent in their responses, rather than doling them out and claiming context is 'semantics'.