Oddest sending off ever?

[ajthefox]

No, I'm not kidding. An aussie rules player was sent off bizzarely in the third quarter of a match because his hair was supposedly dangerous.

And this in a game which as far as I'm aware is a contact sport..

Nathan Van Someren, who plays for Victorian side Simpson Tigers, was told to leave the field in the third quarter of their match against Otway Districts at the weekend.

Tigers co-coach Leigh Walsh told Fairfax Radio the reason given was "because his hair was too dangerous" and might have poked another player in the eye.

Van Someren said he had played with the hairdo for three years without a problem.

"I was just standing there and (the umpire) came across to me and goes, 'I thought I told you you couldn't come on the ground'," Van Someren told Fairfax.

"I sort of just looked at him like 'what?' and he's like, 'no, I told you you couldn't come on the ground with that hairstyle, you have to go off'."

Courtesy of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8504374/Australian-Rules-player-sent-off-because-of-dangerous-haircut.html

and this is him....

Before anyone asks, it seems everyone else was shocked and indeed the governing body did come out and say the Umpire was wrong and action was being taken to get it sorted.

Shame it didn't stick, but I thought this was well worth posting anyway.