CFC – You are right in other teams getting the benefit, but that is the same with other offences that are dealt with retrospectively, and you could even extend that to red cards towards the end of a game. The opposition player could make a season ending foul in the last few minutes, you lose a player for the last few games, and the other team could lose possibly their best player against a team you are fighting with for the title, but how do you get round this? You could say that, the player in question misses the next three games against the team he committed the offence, but imagine the complications in policing that, especially once you take transfer into the equation.