North Melbourne will challenge forward Paul Curtis' three-game suspension on Tuesday.
Curtis was handed the lengthy ban for a tackle he executed on West Coast defender Hamish Davis in Saturday's win.
The Kangaroos left-footer pinned Davis' arms and landed on him following the tackle, resulting in the Eagle becoming concussed.
The Match Review Officer (MRO) charged Curtis with rough conduct, grading the incident as careless conduct with severe impact and high contact.
"We don't always have to have a villain in these scenarios. We don't have to be looking for blood because someone got hurt."@HarfSerious and @StevoMedia debate the three-game suspension handed down to Paul Curtis.
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The Tribunal call, flagged on Zero Hanger podcast Six Points, is no surprise.
"I'll tell you what, we've found ourselves with another Tribunal case," Daniel Harford said.
"Paul Curtis tackle on Hamish Davis where I think they have to challenge.
"As it's graded, it's three weeks. The system has a grading policy, and Michael Christian has done that as part of the MRO process, and that's okay.
"Now we get the chance to talk about it, and explain what's happened from their perspective, like Billy Frampton last week in the Brody Mihocek situation.
"Paul Curtis has done nothing wrong in this tackle. He's locked him up, the ball spills out and then they fall to the ground. There no was no drive, no second motion, no force executed.
"He almost protected him on the way down. Unfortunately, he fell awkwardly and fell on his head and was ruled out of the game with concussion.
"We don't always have to have a villain in these scenarios. We don't have to look for blood as supporters.
"Someone is going to get hurt in the inherent nature of AFL footy at times, and we've seen some really unfortunate accidents.
"There's no reason, in my view, why Paul Curtis should be serving a suspension for that situation."
