That drew chief executive Greg Peters up to his full height in the Sanzar saddle from where he admonished Lam for "calling into question the integrity of people in the game".
Why not? What coach worth his salary and franchise uniform would not make similar utterances. Anyone who watched the separate incidents would question how one was worth a three-week ban while the other got no ban at all.
Sanzar live in some sort of administrative bubble where they breathe different air from most who watch their competition.
They puffed out their chests this year before the Super 15 started and promised they were working hard on cleaning up their judicial act to make their decisions more equitable.
Jeez, I'll bet Braid is relieved they've made such progress.
Sanzar hearings are not a court of law and are not held in judges' chambers. Judgments should be delivered in normal language with explanations for the public about the sentences.
But what did we get? We had Peters and Sanzar frothing about Lam's observations instead of explaining to us why the cases were treated so differently.
Get real, Sanzar. Allow some emotion into the game.
We want grit and combat, we want passion from the players and we should encourage that from the coaches as well.
There is far too much caution and bland commentary about the game.
Sanzar huffed and puffed and then decided they would not deliver any further sanction against Lam, a result which suggests they messed up, but wanted to show they were still in charge of the competition.
Give yourself a white card, Sanzar, or whatever colour is in vogue, put yourself on report, take a chill pill or do something to get in sync.
