A Absolutely not to the first question. I never came close to suggesting that.
And to the second, we possibly have very different interpretations of the word ‘accidental’ here so I’ll explain what it means to me. Accidental to me is the clash of heads, or the player who hits the ground hard after a contest, or a player pushed into another player (having lost control over his own body) - no ‘fault’ can be laid in any of those cases.
I don’t consider a player knocking their opponent out in the act of trying the climb onto his shoulders as ‘accidental’, I call that failing to avoid his opponent’s head and causing serious injury to his opponent in the process.
What I don’t understand is how we’ve come to accept that head contact while tackling or spoiling should attract a penalty, no excuses; but as long as you can argue ‘I was going for the ball’ then the head’s fair game. The problem is it’s easy to argue that even a tackle is ‘going for the ball’ - we saw Rioli escape suspension from a head high bump because his lawyers successfully argued he was going for the ball when he was clearly going for the bump.
As for what penalty it should attract, that’s the next problem. There’s a huge gulf between giving away a free or a 50, and getting a suspension. I have long believed that there should be an on-field penalty like a sin bin. But that’s another argument for another day.
I know my opinion is an unpopular one. I just think we and the AFL aren’t quite as invested in reducing brain injuries as we like to think we are.