RetroCanuck

Maybe the big Euro leagues, with all the diving that goes on, should allow the referees to use video review to decide such close plays?  In Rugby the referee stops play and calls for a review, so the decision is corerect.  

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40.2 Automatic Suspension – Category I - Any player who deliberately strikes an official and causes injury or who deliberately applies physical force in any manner against an official with intent to injure, or who in any manner attempts to injure an official shall be automatically suspended for not less than twenty (20) games. (For the purpose of the rule, “intent to injure” shall mean any physical force which a player or goalkeeper knew or should have known could reasonably be expected to cause injury.)
 

40.3 Automatic Suspension – Category II - Any player who deliberately applies physical force to an official in any manner (excluding actions as set out in Category I), which physical force is applied without intent to injure, or who spits on an official, shall be automatically suspended for not less than ten (10) games. TSN’s Darren Dreger summed it up:

Ronaldo would have been suspended 10 games in the NHL for abuse of official as per rule 40.3. You can't push referees in hockey either.